Books by Sophie Gee
Sophie Gee is an English professor at Princeton University, and is currently the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Sydney. She is the author of acclaimed fiction and literary criticism, including The Scandal of the Season, Making Waste, and The Barbarous Feast. She is co-host of the Secret Life of Books podcast, which is dedicated to keeping the great books of the past alive and relevant.
Interviews with Sophie Gee
The Best 18th-Century Novels, recommended by Sophie Gee
There’s nothing in modern works of fiction that wasn’t already there in the great novels of the 18th century, argues Sophie Gee, a professor of English at Princeton University and co-host of the Secret Life of Books podcast. She talks us through five of her favourites, from the irrepressible Moll Flanders to the melancholic beauty of Sense and Sensibility.
The best books on The Enlightenment, recommended by Sophie Gee
The author of The Scandal of the Season – and Princeton University professor – gives an 18th century literature specialist’s view of the Enlightenment.
