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[quote=Anonymous]Two of my favorite "classics" authors that I haven't seen mentioned yet are Trollope (Victorian author - start with the Barsetshire series) and Zola - Germinal is the most-read.

While it's true that women are often overlooked in the classics canon, or were not supported to remain in publication, there are many more accessible books by women than people realize. Check out both Virago and Persephone publications that publish books mainly by women that are under-published. Admittedly, these are virtually all English-language books.

Here are some of my favorite women authors that I consider "classics" in no particular order, just as they come to mind. Yes, a few are modern, but I consider them classics already:

Jane Austen
Fanny Burney
Virginia Woolf
George Eliot 
the Brontës
Willa Cather
Edith Wharton
Barbara Pym
Shirley Jackson
Sigrid Undset
Tove Jansson
Cora Sandel
Selma Lagerlof
Gertrude Stein
Dorothy Canfield-Fisher 
Rebecca West
Dorothy Richardson
Mrs. Oliphant
Harriet Martineau
Toni Morrison
Vita Sackville-West
Doris Lessing
Elizabeth Gaskill
Flannery O'Connor
Eudora Welty
Marguerite Duras
Colette

I'm sure there are a ton more that aren't coming to mind at the moment. I'm happy to provide more detailed info or specific reading suggestions for any of the above![/quote]

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