Archives for Women Authors

KITTY’S CLASS DAY By Louisa M. Alcott

Published On Monday, June 28, 2010. Under: Alcott, Louisa May, Women Authors.
KITTY'S CLASS DAY By Louisa M. Alcott "A stitch in time saves nine." "O Pris, Pris, I'm really going! Here's the invitation—rough paper—Chapel—spreads—Lyceum Hall—everything splendid; and Jack to take care of me!" As Kitty burst into the room and performed a rapturous pas seul, waving the cards over her ...

A RESPECTABLE WOMAN by Kate Chopin

Published On Tuesday, June 01, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate, Featured, Women Authors.
A RESPECTABLE WOMAN by Kate Chopin Mrs. Baroda was a little provoked to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation. They had entertained a good deal during the winter; much of the time had also been passed ...

NELLY’S HOSPITAL by Louisa May Alcott

Published On Sunday, May 30, 2010. Under: Alcott, Louisa May, Women Authors.
NELLY'S HOSPITAL by Louisa May Alcott Nelly sat beside her mother picking lint; but while her fingers flew, her eyes often looked wistfully out into the meadow, golden with buttercups, and bright with sunshine. Presently she said, rather bashfully, but very earnestly, "Mamma, I want to tell ...

MONDAY OR TUESDAY by Virginia Woolf

Published On Sunday, May 23, 2010. Under: Women Authors, Woolf, Virginia.
MONDAY OR TUESDAY by Virginia Woolf Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the sky. White and distant, absorbed in itself, endlessly the sky covers and uncovers, moves and remains. A lake? Blot the shores ...

The Sentimentality of William Tavener by Willa Cather

Published On Saturday, May 22, 2010. Under: Cather, Willa, Women Authors.
The Sentimentality of William Tavener by Willa Cather It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success of living in the West, and Hester undoubtedly was that. When people spoke of William Tavener as the most prosperous farmer in McPherson County, they usually added that ...

THE KISS by Kate Chopin

Published On Saturday, March 27, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate, Women Authors.
Francesco Hayez (1791–1882) THE KISS by Kate Chopin It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows. Brantain sat in one of these shadows; it had ...