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Deadlier Than the Male: Dangerously Witty Quotations by Women About Men
Illustrated with authentic Regency etchings and watercolors, this humorous gift book includes such clever and acidic comments as Nancy Astor's "I married beneath me. All women do" and other observations by women on men. 15,000 first printing.
65 pages, Hardcover
First published July 25, 1997
About the author
Michelle Lovric
113 books172 followersMichelle Lovric is a novelist, writer and anthologist.
Her third novel, The Remedy, was long-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. The Remedy is a literary murder-mystery set against the background of the quack medicine industry in the eighteenth century.
Her first novel, Carnevale, is the story of the painter Cecilia Cornaro, described by The Times as the possessor of ‘the most covetable life’ in fiction in 2001.
In Lovric’s second novel, The Floating Book, a chorus of characters relates the perilous beginning of the print industry in Venice. The book explores the translation of raw emotion into saleable merchandise from the points of view of poets, editors, publishers – and their lovers. The Floating Book, a London Arts award winner, was also selected as a WH Smith ‘Read of the Week’.
Her first novel for young adult readers, The Undrowned Child, is published by Orion. The sequel is due in summer 2010.
Her fourth adult novel, The Book of Human Skin, is published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2010.
Lovric reviews for publications including The Times and writes travel articles about Venice. She has featured in several BBC radio documentaries about Venice.
She combines her fiction work with editing, designing and producing literary anthologies including her own translations of Latin and Italian poetry. Her book Love Letters was a New York Times best-seller.
Lovric divides her time between London and Venice. She holds a workshop in her home in London with published writers of poetry and prose, fiction and memoir.
Her third novel, The Remedy, was long-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. The Remedy is a literary murder-mystery set against the background of the quack medicine industry in the eighteenth century.
Her first novel, Carnevale, is the story of the painter Cecilia Cornaro, described by The Times as the possessor of ‘the most covetable life’ in fiction in 2001.
In Lovric’s second novel, The Floating Book, a chorus of characters relates the perilous beginning of the print industry in Venice. The book explores the translation of raw emotion into saleable merchandise from the points of view of poets, editors, publishers – and their lovers. The Floating Book, a London Arts award winner, was also selected as a WH Smith ‘Read of the Week’.
Her first novel for young adult readers, The Undrowned Child, is published by Orion. The sequel is due in summer 2010.
Her fourth adult novel, The Book of Human Skin, is published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2010.
Lovric reviews for publications including The Times and writes travel articles about Venice. She has featured in several BBC radio documentaries about Venice.
She combines her fiction work with editing, designing and producing literary anthologies including her own translations of Latin and Italian poetry. Her book Love Letters was a New York Times best-seller.
Lovric divides her time between London and Venice. She holds a workshop in her home in London with published writers of poetry and prose, fiction and memoir.
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August 6, 2018
Such a fun little book.It is filled with the cutest drawings and has so many great quotes said once by famous women. I must admit most quotes are quite mean spirited against men but I love it.
My daughter visited and wanted to borrow the book.
My daughter visited and wanted to borrow the book.
April 24, 2008
Grrrrrrrrl pwr, y'all! This was pretty trite and pointless. Quotes without context are utterly useless, like T without A.
June 4, 2009
A fun book- not serious at all. Might set off some feminist sensibilities.
August 31, 2011
A book of beutiful Victorian etching for artwork admidst quotes from woman about men. Sin, seduction, unrequited love - no topic is untouched. A really charming read.
December 18, 2011
In my book good rippage, is good rippage . . . and this is some choice stuff.
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