The Female Eunuch [Paperback]

‘A dazzling tract, erudite, outrageous, funny.’
Cosmopolitan

‘Brilliantly written, quirky and sensible, full of bile and insight.’
New York Times

‘A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity and eroticism.’
Newsweek

‘Intelligent, funny and beautifully written’
Vogue

A new cover re-issue of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract.

Re-issued to coincide with Doubleday’s publication of The Whole Woman, the sequel to The Female Eunuch.

Probably the most famous, most widely read book on feminism ever.

First published in 1970, The Female Eunuch is a landmark in the history of the women’s movement.

A searing examination of women’s oppression.

A worldwide bestseller, translated into over 12 languages.

A worldwide bestseller, translated into over twelve languages, ' The Female Eunuch' is a landmark in the history of the women's movement. Drawing liberally from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Germaine Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is at once an important social commentary and a passionately argued masterpiece of polemic.

"The best feminist book so far . . . a book that knows the distinction between the self and the other, a book that combines the best of masculinity and femininity."
' New York Times'

" The liveliest, most sensible and best book yet on Women's Lib. It has an impressive scholarly thread, but its polemical dash and lusty jokes are constantly entertaining. Required reading."
'Observer'

"An exhilarating, polemical, witty book."
'Guardian'

"A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity and eroticism"
'Newsweek'

"brilliantly written, quirky and sensible, full of bile and insight"
'New York Times Book Review'

"Intelligent, funny and beautifully written"
'Vogue'

Germaine Greer is a major cultural figure – a writer, an English critic, a literary and media star, and a feminist.