Novels too perceptive to have been written by a man

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Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)
1.  Middlemarch (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot
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  "All 19th-century England is here. Brilliant plot: immerse yourself and marvel how it all fits together."
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To the Lighthouse
2.  To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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  "Deeper than “Mrs Dalloway”... read it and understand how  unbearably tragic, yet ineffably beautiful, life is."
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The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics)
3.  The Handmaid's Tale (Contemporary Classics) by Margaret Atwood
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  "The most important book of its kind since “1984”. Forget the “science-fiction” label. Everything here could happen, some of it already has. Stunning."
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
4.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
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  "Forget the “melodrama” label. Just muse about how something so weird and wonderful could have been written in the midst of all that 19th-century realism."
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Beloved
5.  Beloved by Toni Morrison
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  "Don’t be put off by the first few pages. A terrifying story, yet like listening to music. There was no hope for the film version."
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The Essence of the Thing
6.  The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St. John
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  "Booker-shortlisted in 1997, but unjustly overlooked otherwise. Shows what friends are for when the bottom drops out of your life. Love is like marmalade..."
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Daughters Of The House
7.  Daughters Of The House by Michele Roberts
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  "Also Booker-shortlisted, in 1992. A wonderfully effective bringing to life of a creepy family past."
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Moon Tiger
8.  Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
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  "This one won the Booker. Few writers handle the persistence of the past in the present with such consummate skill."
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No Night is Too Long
9.  No Night is Too Long by Barbara Vine
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  "The best of the Ruth-Rendell-writing-as-Barbara-Vine psychological thrillers. Passion and horror superbly melded."
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics) by Muriel Spark
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  "Ingenious use of flashback to conjure up a mythical figure from several people’s pasts."
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The Black Prince
11.  The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
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  "Iris Murdoch blew hot and cold over the years, but this one is an undisputed masterpiece, with a devastating twist in the tail."
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Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics)
12.  Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "You have to read this some day. Or read it again. Age cannot wither it."
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Quartet in Autumn
13.  Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
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  "You’ll see the elderly differently when you’ve read this. And a good thing too."
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Have The Men Had Enough?
14.  Have The Men Had Enough? by Margaret Forster
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  "Another one for those whose elderly relatives get on their nerves. Read this and think more carefully before you condemn."
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The Custom of the Country (Twentieth Century Classics)
15.  The Custom of the Country (Twentieth Century Classics) by Edith Wharton
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  "The custom of the country is getting divorced. Absolutely merciless satire. Jane Austen meets Henry James. More like her than him, though."
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The Robber Bride
16.  The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
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  "I have to include her twice. Zenia is the one of the most detestable - and fascinating - characters in contemporary fiction."
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