
A "striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody" by the acclaimed author of Nightwood. (-Library Journal)Nearly 100 years after its original 1928 publication sent shockwaves through the literary scene, Ladies Almanack reigns as a brilliant modernist...

"...all Ladies should carry about with them this almanack], as the Priest his Breviary, as the Cook his Recipes, as the Doctor his Physic, as the Bride her Fears, and as the Lion his Roar " Unquestionably unique in its execution of narrative, Djuna Barnes' The...


"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously erverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author... A striking lesbian mainfesto and a deft parody."
--Library Journal
Blending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied...

This work is a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise. Its subject is the predominantly lesbian social circle centering on Natalie Clifford Barney's salon in Paris in the 1920s. The language, inside jokes and ambiguity of the work have kept critics...


"Now this be a Tale of as fine a Wench as ever wet Bed . . . Thus begins this Almanack, which all Ladies should carry about with them, as the Priest his Breviary, as the Cook his Recipes, as the Doctor his Physic, as the Bride her Fears, and as the Lion his Roar "

"...all Ladies should carry about with them this almanack], as the Priest his Breviary, as the Cook his Recipes, as the Doctor his Physic, as the Bride her Fears, and as the Lion his Roar " Unquestionably unique in its execution of narrative, Djuna Barnes' The...

The Ladies Almanack is a satirical novel by Djuna Barnes that was first published in 1928. The book is a fictionalized account of the lives and loves of lesbians in Paris in the 1920s, and is presented as a series of humorous and irreverent biographical sketches. The book is...

Reissued to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the author's birth, this roman is set in the lesbian and cosmopolitan community that flourished in Paris during the 1910s and 1920s. Written in mock Elizabethan English, it focuses on salon mistress Natalie Clifford Barney and...

The Ladies Almanack is a novel written by Djuna Barnes, originally published in 1928. It is a satirical account of the lesbian community in Paris during the 1920s, and is presented as a fictional almanac. The book is divided into twelve months, with each month featuring a different...
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The Ladies Almanack is a satirical novel written by Djuna Barnes, first published in 1928. It is a fictionalized account of the lives and loves of a group of lesbian women in 1920s Paris. The book is structured like an almanac, with each chapter focusing on a different character...

The Ladies Almanack is a satirical novel written by Djuna Barnes. It was first published in 1928 and is a fictional account of the lives and loves of a group of lesbian women who lived in Paris during the 1920s. The book is divided into twelve chapters, each of which is named...

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