31. Amy Levy — Reuben Sachs with Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith
Amy Levy (1861 – 1889)
Did you know there was a controversial, now-forgotten 1888 novel written in response to George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda by a writer who has been described as “the Jewish Jane Austen?” Until recently, neither did we. Join us as we talk with Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith about author Amy Levy and her stunning, sardonic novel Reuben Sachs, which fan and friend Oscar Wilde deemed a classic.
Discussed in this episode:
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy from Persephone Books
Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith on Amy Levy and Ellen Wordsworth Darwin
“Swotting Up” by Dr. Ann Kennedy Smith (TLS)
Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society Blog
Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Nathalia Crane - Lost Ladies of Lit Episode 13
Newnham College, Cambridge University
Amy Levy’s obituary by Oscar Wilde
Cambridge in the Long by Amy Levy
The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy
A Suppressed Cry by Victoria Glendinning
The Third Miss Symons by F.M. Mayor