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E.J. Barnes's avatar

When I saw the title, immediately thought of Parallel Lives - and there it was. I loved it. Id recommend Mrs Woolf and the Servants by Alison Light in a similar vein, as it's a kind of group biography. It looks at Virginia Woolf's relationship with the women who worked for her, and so explores domestic power, class, and the changing role and expectations of women.

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jodi {diaryofaladytraveler}'s avatar

Ah, I love a good book list! As someone who secretly wishes that biographies in general kind of skipped the childhood stuff and got straight to the good bits, I love a short biography. My addition to the list is Living Well is the Best Revenge, by Calvin Tomkins, about the jazz-age couple Sara and Gerald Murphy.

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