Belinda Jack is tutorial Fellow in French, Christ Church, University of Oxford. She is the author of George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large and Beatrice's Spell. She lives in Oxford, UK.
"Engaging, lively and vigorous. The Woman Reader is a landmark work
that no feminist—or for that matter, general reader—should
miss."—Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth
*Naomi Wolf *
"An utterly gripping history of women and reading, brilliantly
conceived and told depth and detail for the first time. Belinda
Jack's remarkable book is destined to be a landmark in its
field."—Claire Harman, author of Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen
Conquered the World
*Claire Harman*
"A lively and erudite history of the many and ingenious covers
thrown over women's minds to keep us in the dark, Jack's absorbing
story describes and deconstructs the endlessly remade cover
versions that men (mostly) have told to women, and to themselves,
about the reasons why books and women should be kept
apart."—Jeanette Winterson, Times of London
*Times of London*
Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic 2012 Title for Social and
Behavioral Sciences within the Reference category.
*Choice*
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