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50 Must-Read Literary Biographies

The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall

The supposed “American Brontës,” the three Peabody sisters influenced the thinking of writers like Thoreau and Hawthorne.

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  • The youngest sister, Sophia, married Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall

    After you finish the story of the Peabody sisters and are searching for more stories about American Romanticism and the role women played in the literary scene at the time, pick up Megan Marshall’s other book, about Margaret Fuller.

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    The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm

    This is a biography of the biographies that have been written about Sylvia Plath.

    It tries to co