That isn't to say there aren't great novels written about and by women - Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and The Bell Jar immediately come to this reader's mind - but there are far more written by men. From Moby Dick and Ulysses to Oliver Twist and The Great Gatsby, the majority of novels that are counted as the most important, and the most celebrated, are exclusively about men. If you have ever perused the Classics section at your local library or bookstore, than you know that there is no shortage of stories about straight, white males in the literary world. For starers, some of the most famous English-language novels are exclusively about men, which is what makes gender-swapped retellings of classic books so refreshing for readers who have been dying to see themselves represented in between the covers. I've said it before, and I will say it again: I love classic literature, but that doesn't mean its without its problems.
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