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‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

By Nadia Khomami

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed

Amy Levy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112

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Books by Levy, Amy

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the Guardian

‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

Amy Levy (1861-1889): english poetess and feminist who committed suicide when becoming deaf.

This is a black-and-white portrait of Amy Levy with a calm, serious expression. She has dark, wavy hair pulled back and wears a dress with an ornate, lace-like collar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Levy#/media/File:Amy_Levy_1.jpg — Amy Levy (1861-1889): english poetess and feminist who committed suicide when becoming deaf. This is a black-and-white portrait of Amy Levy with a calm, serious expression. She has dark, wavy hair pulled back and wears a dress with an ornate, lace-like collar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Levy#/media/File:Amy_Levy_1.jpg

Project Gutenberg

@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social · 20 hours ago

‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

By Nadia Khomami

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed

Amy Levy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112

#books #literature #lgbtq

Project Gutenberg

Books by Levy, Amy

Project Gutenberg offers 77,049 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.

the Guardian

‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

internetarchive

@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org · 5 days ago

Yesterday was Bram Stoker’s 178th birthday! 🎂
Known for THE LADY OF THE SHROUD and THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM, Stoker gave the world its most iconic vampire with DRACULA. 🧛♂️
Read the 1899 public-domain edition here:
https://archive.org/details/dracu00stok/page/2/mode/2up

#LetReadersRead #Literature #LiteratureLegend #Horror #Books #Vampire

Internet Archive

Dracula : Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

ix, [1], 378 pages ; 20 cm

Front cover of an 1899 edition of Dracula, by Bram Stoker.