bognymph finished reading A Woman Appeared to Me by Renée Vivien
A WOMAN APPEARED TO ME is Renée Vivien's feverish, dream-like account of her tormented relationship …
19th-century / turn of the 20th century women in literature continue to dominate my collection. the melodrama, the tangents, the purple prose, the way the narrative is told primarily through emotional impressions alone. putting her next to Collette on my shelf as they were neighbours in real life and maybe she'll be comforted there.
