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The Little Girls

  • 1964 first published
  • 240 pages
  • 15 editions

Elizabeth Bowen's The Little Girls (1964) is a sapphic fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in England. It deals with middle-aged women, reunions, girls and female friendship.

9 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.

At about 240 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Girls in fiction
  • Middle-aged women
  • Reunions
  • Girls
  • England in fiction
  • Reunions in fiction
  • Female friendship
  • Middle-aged women in fiction
  • Female friendship in fiction
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Lesbians
  • Women
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Psychological
  • England
  • Friendship

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Little Girls?

The Little Girls was written by Elizabeth Bowen and first published in 1964.

What genre is The Little Girls?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is The Little Girls?

The median edition has 240 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Little Girls?

Readers who like it often enjoy Mrs. Dalloway, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Tipping the Velvet.

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