Vintage Heroines Series

Meet ten of literature’s most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a savagely funny novel of a woman looking out from the abyss. Meet ten of literature’s most…

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Push

Sapphire

Through learning to read and write, Precious begins to find her voice, and fight back. Push is the unflinching diary of a girl whose strength and kindness shines amidst extraordinary…

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Gigi

Colette

‘He must know by now, I should think, that I can give as good as I get!’ This is the story of Gigi, educated as a future courtesan in Paris…

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White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht

Winner of the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Debut Novel Longlisted for the Authors’ Club First Novel Award ‘Look for your sister after each dive.

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Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

‘She wanted to die, and she wanted to live in Paris.’ This is the story of Emma, trapped in a disappointing marriage with a dull country doctor, she dreams for…

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We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

‘There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is…

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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a warm, witty and daring novel that gives voice to irrepressible desire. Meet ten of literature’s most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits…

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

When she finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall it seems Jane has finally met her match in the unconventional Mr Rochester. But as her feelings for Mr Rochester…

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I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith

‘I write this sitting in the kitchen sink…’ This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a…

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20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth

Xiaolu Guo

I felt an urge to conquer this new village.‘Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang - the spirited heroine of Xiaolu Guo’s new novel -…

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