
Selfish, grumpy and unkind? That’s my kind of woman
Misanthropic female novelists and their characters make me hopeful for a future in which we shrug off feminine perfection
by Ellena Savage
Ellena Savage is an author and academic. Her essays have been published in literary journals and periodicals including The Paris Review Daily, the Sydney Review of Books, The Age and The Guardian. Her debut collection of essays is Blueberries (Scribe, 2020). She lives in Melbourne, Australia.