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Women Writers (Mostly) - "Writers as Readers: A Celebration of Virago Modern Classics"

This must be what it's like to be in a publishing meeting at Virago Press, and the blast of cultural capital you'd get hit with there.
"Writers As Readers: A Celebration Of Virago Modern Classics" is an anthology of 40 introductions written by VIPs for 40 reprints in the Virago Modern Classics range. A staggering number of authors, books, and cultural figures get mentioned in this book, so naturally I decided to make a list challenge. There's everything in here from Shakespeare to the Spice Girls.
Wherever possible, I have tried to use Virago editions. (And the old covers were nicer!)
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Writers as Readers: A Celebration of Virago Modern Classics (Virago Press)
Writers as Readers: A Celebration of Virago Modern Classics
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Virago Press
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
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Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
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Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
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Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
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Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
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Jane Austen
A Summer Bird-Cage (Margaret Drabble)
A Summer Bird-Cage
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Margaret Drabble
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone
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Margaret Drabble
The Peppered Moth (Margaret Drabble)
The Peppered Moth
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Margaret Drabble
The Red Queen (Margaret Drabble)
The Red Queen
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Margaret Drabble
The Sea Lady (Margaret Drabble)
The Sea Lady
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Margaret Drabble
The Pure Gold Baby (Margaret Drabble)
The Pure Gold Baby
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Margaret Drabble
The Dark Flood Rises (Margaret Drabble)
The Dark Flood Rises
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Margaret Drabble
The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Margaret Drabble - Ed)
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Margaret Drabble - Ed
Jane Austen's Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others (Jane Austen)
Jane Austen's Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others
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Jane Austen
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Walter Scott)
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott
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Walter Scott
Juvenilia (Jane Austen)
Juvenilia
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Jane Austen
Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare - Signet)
Much Ado About Nothing
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Shakespeare - Signet
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World
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William Congreve
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen (Fay Weldon)
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
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Fay Weldon
Jane Austen and the State (Mary Evans)
Jane Austen and the State
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Mary Evans
The Wanderer (Francis Burney)
The Wanderer
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Francis Burney
A Memoir of Jane Austen (James Edward Austen-Leigh)
A Memoir of Jane Austen
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James Edward Austen-Leigh
Jane Austen and the War of Ideas (Marilyn Butler)
Jane Austen and the War of Ideas
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Marilyn Butler
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Ann Radcliffe
The Brontes: A Life in Letters (Juliet Barker)
The Brontes: A Life in Letters
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Juliet Barker
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte
The Professor (Charlotte Brontë)
The Professor
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Charlotte Brontë
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
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Charlotte Brontë
Villette (Charlotte Bronte)
Villette
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Charlotte Bronte
The Magic Toyshop (Angela Carter)
The Magic Toyshop
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Angela Carter
Several Perceptions (Angela Carter)
Several Perceptions
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Angela Carter
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Angela Carter)
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
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Angela Carter
Wise Children (Angela Carter)
Wise Children
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Angela Carter
Bluebeard (Charles Perrault)
Bluebeard
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Charles Perrault
Beauty and the Beast (Charles Perrault)
Beauty and the Beast
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Charles Perrault
Cinderella (Charles Perrault)
Cinderella
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Charles Perrault
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
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George Eliot
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley
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