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When the Muses Step Out of the Shadows: Reading the Women Who Enabled Greatness

by Literary Hub
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I’ve always been fascinated with novels that explore this theme: of shining a light on the women who are often overshadowed by their more famous male partners—romantic or otherwise—whose stories may be lost to history, and whose voices are found again through fiction. These are my favorites:
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