The Storm by Kate Chopin (1899)Durant un orage, une femme trompe son mari avec son voisin. Histoire tres atmospherique
8/10 : Passion
A Man without a Temperament by Katherine Mansfield
A man caring silently for a disabled woman, waiting patiently for her death.
5/10 : Demanding woman.
Lappin and Lapinova by Virginia Wolf (1939)
To make her marriage more bearable, a woman imagines a world peopled with cute rabbits.
7/10 : Good description, but silly woman.
Atrophy by Edith Warton (1930)
A woman tries to see a man, afflicted with poor health, whom she loves, but she is rebuffed by his strict sister.
7/10 : Apathic woman, seems to be the style of this writer.
Natives Don't Cry by Katy Boyle (1937)
A lonely babysitter pretends to have an eager male correspondent, who uses to send her many letters.
8/10 : A Woman living in her own fantasy, a bit like with V. Woolf's story.
The House of Clouds by Antonia White (1928)
The life and hallucinations of a woman locked in a mad-house. How she slowly turns into an inmate.
6/10
Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty (1937)
After a dispute with her family, a young woman leave her relatives to live in the tiny post office of her village.
8/10 : Social, vibrant dialogue.
The Happy Autumn Fields by Elisabeth Bowen (1944)
During WW1 a woman dreams of a vivid past reality.
8/10 : Ghost story, touching on time travel.
The Lottery by Marjorie Barnard (1943)
A woman who won the lottery loses no time to leave her selfish husband.
8/10 : Interesting POV of righteous man.
An Unpleasant Reminder by Anna Kavan (1940)
A posh woman is given 4 tablets to take. These are supposed to kill her, something she expected to receive sooner or later.
6/10 : Intriguing story, but too short.
The Petrified Woman by Caroline Gordon (1963)
During a large family reunion, two kids and their uncle visit a local circus that displays a petrified woman in a cage.
8/10 : Intriguing story.
Sunday at Home by Stevie Smith (1949)
Two women lament on their life, then experience a bout of optimism.
8/10 : Amusing dialogue.
The Ice Wagon going down the Street by Mavis Gallant (1963)
A Sahllow man falls in love with his down to earth secretary. However he prefers to reject her in order to carry out his empty life.
6/10 : Contrast between wealthy but shallow man and poor but climbing woman.
Everything that rises must Converge by Flannery O'connor (1965)
A young man tries to curb the inherent racism of his ageing mother.
8/10 : A tad old fashion, but vivid story.
The Adult Holiday by Elisabeth Spencer (1965)
An argument between a wife and a husband, witnessed by their daughter.
4/10 : Mundane and rather boring.
The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara (1972)
A teacher takes her pupils to town. There she tries to show them first hand the unfair divide between rich and poor.
9/10 : Lively and amusing dialogues between the kids.
One for the Island by Patricia Highsmith (1979)
A boat trip that ends nowhere. Does everyone die when the ship sinks?
5/10 : Paranormal.
The Weeping Child by Jane Gordam (1975)
An old woman tells the story of a ghostly moment she experienced: that of a weeping chil form the past.
9/10 : Ghost story + tension between motehr and daughter.
Diego by Julie O'Faolain (1982)
Description of a macho man, the two women in his life and his tyranical daughter.
7/10 : Amusing.
Levitation by Cynthia Ozick (1982)
During a litterature party with several jews, a woman starts daydreaming.
5/10 : Patriachs vs Matriachs concept.
Third Time Luck by Rachel Ingalls (1986)
The trials of a woman whose first two husbands have been killed. What happens with ther 3rd husband.
7/10 : Good descriptions and dialogues ; travel to Egypt.
Weekend by Fay Welson (1981)
How a woman is belittled by her husband and his friends.
6/10 : Humour, sometimes exagerated.
What I have been doing Lately by Jamaica Kincaid (1984)
Dream sequence about a rather lazy woman.
0/10 : Just a dream
My Wife is a White Russian by Rose Tramain (1984)
How a russian woman tyranises her wealthy but disabled husband.
5/10 : Different POV, but close to "The Man Without a Temperament)
Three Feminist Fables by Suniti Namjoshi (1984)
Three tales that didn't mean anything to me.
0/10
The White Doll by K. Arnold Price (1985)
Couldn't resolve myself to read it.
The Passion of Marco Z by Anne Leaton (1976)
A man is so obsessed by the book he is writing that it leads his wife to cheat on him.
4/10 : Writing obsession.
A City of the Dead, A City of the Living by Nadine Gordimer (1982)
In a poor african community, how a woman copes with a criminal who lives in her house.
6/10 : Poverty + Politics.
The Convovulus Clock by Ruth Rendell (1985)
After stealing a clock, an old woman becomes so obsessed with it that she kills one of her friends.
6/10 : Crime story with old ladies.
Paper children by Elizabeth Jolley (1983)
An old German woman who has never seen her daughter imagines what type of life she enjoys.
4/10 : Too many dream sequences.
Miles City, Montana by alice Munro (1987)
How a long var trip and the near death of their daughter ruins the mariage of a couple.
7/10 : Good description, with children.
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