Philip Hensher

Romance and rejection

The five women Lyndall Gordon chooses led relatively easy lives compared to many struggling geniuses one could name

issue 28 October 2017

  • Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World

    Lyndall Gordon

    Virago, pp. 338

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