This post originally appeared as a GirlSpeak podcast episode. In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, the character of Cathy states “I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free.” This quote illustrates a nostalgia for girlhood, and...
I Capture the Castle is a coming-of-age story by Dodie Smith, published in 1948, which focuses on the lives of the Mortmain family. The household consists of Mortmain, the father and eccentric writer of the family who has been struggling from writer’s block...
Harriet as a little girl. Hello! My name is Harriet and I’m from the UK. I graduated from the University of Birmingham last summer with a degree in Ancient History and I am about to start my Masters in Classics and Ancient History. Whilst I’ve really...
