Who's the best female novelist?

Virginia Woolf and the Brontes.

>>7976164
Willa cather

>>7976164
Me.

>>7976191
Ayyy Lemme see them pussy flaps

>>7976164
Flan flan

>>7976164
Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein.

That's too easy.
Harder question: who's the best female novelist of the past 50 years?

>>7976201
Flannery O'Connor was 52 years..
Probably Svetlana then

>>7976201
Elena Ferrante, Chris Kraus, Didion too late?

Woolf, Munro, Sor Juana, Austen, Castellanos, the author of the Bible according to Mr Bloom

>>7976164
George Eliot.
Willa Cather.

>>7976164
>dumb frogposter
>thread about females

subtle

>>7976164
Woolf for prose, Austen for characters, plot, dialouge, etc.

So basically Woolf

>>7976181
Woolf is probably the best overall female writer in history but Jane Eyre is a masterpiece.

Virginia Woolf you dumb idiot butt hole.

according to my english professor shakespeare was a gay black woman

Kathryn Lasky.

Eliot, Munro and Anne bronte for me.
I don't care for Austen or Woolf but it takes all sorts innit

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>>7976164
You can find out with my helpful guide!

Connie Willis.

scroll down and click awards.

Goddamn

>>7977120
Oops
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Willis

>>7976528

George Eliot is the correct answer.

>>7977120
I tried reading Doomsday Book. Holy fuck what an annoying pile of bullshit.

Not the best, but I just wanted to mention Laura Restrepo. love her work.

Not sure about the absolute best, since they have such different strengths, but my top 3 is

Woolf
Eliot
Wharton

Austen tbqh
>>7976181
Woolf is low brow trash fiction

Emily Bronte

>>7976198
this

Why do you need to know? Did you finish reading all the male novelists?

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Clearly Rand, even if you hate her this is an objective fact

austen
geroge eliot
iris murdoch

Ayn Rand

>>7976164

Marguerite Yourcenar

>>7977128
why is she so underrated on /lit/? not american enough?