My favorite books throughout my life have centered on a female narrator, strong or not. As a child I loved the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In high school I discovered Edith Wharton and Maya Angelou. The Buccaneers is still one of my favorite books and I currently own three copies of it.
Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors and I can nearly recite Pride and Prejudice by heart. I still have very little love for her Emma, but Persuasion still makes me melt. Coincidentally, I own several copies of her works as well. I was resistant to the Bronte sisters until I took a class on them in England. I still struggle with seeing Wuthering Heights as a love story, but I have found a new love in Jane Eyre.
I like to buy different versions of the same book to read the editor's notes and see if I agree with them. This can create a storage problem. My husband and I moved into our house in 2011 and I still have not moved in all of my books.
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