17 th Century

- The Story of Sapho , Madeleine de Scudéry ( University of Chicago Press , 2003), ISBN 0-226-14399-6

- The Princess of Cleves , Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette (A Norton Critical Edition, 1994), ISBN 0-393-96333-0

18 th Century

- Beauty and the Beast , Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont (photocopy)

- Ourika, Claire de Duras (MLA, 1994)

19 th Century

- Indiana , George Sand, (World's Classics, 1994 )

- London Journal: A Survey of London Life in the 1830s , Flora Tristan (photocopy)

20th century:

- Paris from my Window, Sinonie-Gabrielle Colette (photocopy)

- Second Sex (exerpts), Simone de Beauvoir (photocopy)

- The Forbidden Woman , Malika Mokeddem (University of Nebraska Press, 1993) ISBN 0-9032-8240-0

- Slander , Linda Lê (University of Nebraska Press, 1996) ISBN 0-8032-7963-9

Reader compiling exerpts of primary readings and articles should be purchased at the beginning of the semester from Prof. Pieretti.