Britta Böhler | 12 Classics: Our Nig @brittabohlerthesecondshelf | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 minute ago.
Let’s chat about the July-book off the list of the 12 classics that I will read in 2023!
#classics #bookreview #poc
July book
Harriet E. Wilson, Our Nig (1859): goodreads.com/book/show/369783.Our_Nig
Review of the January book / A Bondswoman’s Narrative:
youtube.com/watch?v=VECELuIsx3k
Review of the February book / Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm (1883): youtube.com/watch?v=7-v83_UAxUQ&t=8s
Review of the March book / Oroonoko: youtube.com/watch?v=H9ut_mUglcY
Review of the April book / Iola Leroy: youtube.com/watch?v=WYtKwh4Cxb4
Review of the May book / Slave Girl: youtube.com/watch?v=2VPmkp81_FI&t=6s
Review of the June book / Lady Susan: youtube.com/watch?v=iTFufJ64h_E
August pick:
Sei Shõnagon, The Pillow Book, transl. from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney (1002): goodreads.com/book/show/18187.The_Pillow_Book
#Womenintranslation
The 12 classics I want to read in 2023:
Sei Shõnagon, The Pillow Book, transl. from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney (1002): goodreads.com/book/show/18187.The_Pillow_Book
Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies, transl. from the French by Rosalind Brown-Grant (1405): goodreads.com/book/show/18004164-the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies
Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World (1666): goodreads.com/book/show/354620.The_Blazing_World_and_Other_Writings
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688): goodreads.com/book/show/51187.Oroonoko_The_Rover_and_Other_Works
Harriet E. Wilson, Our Nig (1859): goodreads.com/book/show/369783.Our_Nig
Hannah Crafts, The Bondswoman’s Narrative (ca. 1859): goodreads.com/book/show/588937.The_Bondwoman_s_Narrative
Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861): goodreads.com/book/show/597671.Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl
Jane Austen, Lady Susan (1871): goodreads.com/book/show/91582.Lady_Susan
Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm (1883): goodreads.com/book/show/588504.The_Story_of_an_African_Farm
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Iola Leroy (1892): goodreads.com/book/show/7577254-iola-leroy
Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career (1901): goodreads.com/book/show/1981726.My_Brilliant_Career
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland (1915): goodreads.com/book/show/531509.Herland
Connect with me:
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
The name of the channel (‘The Second Shelf’) was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's book, 'The Second Sex'. And it was the title of an article by Meg Wolitzer in the New York Times: nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1
I also wrote some books:
Fiction: De juiste houding (2021) / only available in Dutch: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php
Nonfiction: De goede advocaat (2017) / nonfiction / only available in Dutch: http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php
Fiction: The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
In the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
also available in Dutch, French, Italian, Danish, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish
Nonfiction: Crisis in de rechtstaat (2004) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/crisis-in-de-rechtstaat/
Nonfiction: De zwerftocht van een leider (2000) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/de-zwerftocht-van-een-leider/
Crime fiction, as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt)
The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW
also available in German:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt
and in Dutch:
- Heldhaftig (2012)
- Vastberaden (2014)
- Barmhartig (2016)
https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/auteur/britta-bolt/
Let’s chat about the July-book off the list of the 12 classics that I will read in 2023!
#classics #bookreview #poc
July book
Harriet E. Wilson, Our Nig (1859): goodreads.com/book/show/369783.Our_Nig
Review of the January book / A Bondswoman’s Narrative:
youtube.com/watch?v=VECELuIsx3k
Review of the February book / Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm (1883): youtube.com/watch?v=7-v83_UAxUQ&t=8s
Review of the March book / Oroonoko: youtube.com/watch?v=H9ut_mUglcY
Review of the April book / Iola Leroy: youtube.com/watch?v=WYtKwh4Cxb4
Review of the May book / Slave Girl: youtube.com/watch?v=2VPmkp81_FI&t=6s
Review of the June book / Lady Susan: youtube.com/watch?v=iTFufJ64h_E
August pick:
Sei Shõnagon, The Pillow Book, transl. from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney (1002): goodreads.com/book/show/18187.The_Pillow_Book
#Womenintranslation
The 12 classics I want to read in 2023:
Sei Shõnagon, The Pillow Book, transl. from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney (1002): goodreads.com/book/show/18187.The_Pillow_Book
Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies, transl. from the French by Rosalind Brown-Grant (1405): goodreads.com/book/show/18004164-the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies
Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World (1666): goodreads.com/book/show/354620.The_Blazing_World_and_Other_Writings
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688): goodreads.com/book/show/51187.Oroonoko_The_Rover_and_Other_Works
Harriet E. Wilson, Our Nig (1859): goodreads.com/book/show/369783.Our_Nig
Hannah Crafts, The Bondswoman’s Narrative (ca. 1859): goodreads.com/book/show/588937.The_Bondwoman_s_Narrative
Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861): goodreads.com/book/show/597671.Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl
Jane Austen, Lady Susan (1871): goodreads.com/book/show/91582.Lady_Susan
Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm (1883): goodreads.com/book/show/588504.The_Story_of_an_African_Farm
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Iola Leroy (1892): goodreads.com/book/show/7577254-iola-leroy
Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career (1901): goodreads.com/book/show/1981726.My_Brilliant_Career
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland (1915): goodreads.com/book/show/531509.Herland
Connect with me:
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
The name of the channel (‘The Second Shelf’) was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's book, 'The Second Sex'. And it was the title of an article by Meg Wolitzer in the New York Times: nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1
I also wrote some books:
Fiction: De juiste houding (2021) / only available in Dutch: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php
Nonfiction: De goede advocaat (2017) / nonfiction / only available in Dutch: http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php
Fiction: The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
In the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
also available in Dutch, French, Italian, Danish, Greek, Hebrew and Turkish
Nonfiction: Crisis in de rechtstaat (2004) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/crisis-in-de-rechtstaat/
Nonfiction: De zwerftocht van een leider (2000) / only available in Dutch: https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/boek/de-zwerftocht-van-een-leider/
Crime fiction, as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt)
The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW
also available in German:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt
and in Dutch:
- Heldhaftig (2012)
- Vastberaden (2014)
- Barmhartig (2016)
https://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/de-arbeiderspers/auteur/britta-bolt/
