女性阅读一般关注文学作品中的女性人物，有人称这种现象为“阅读妇女”。由于女性经验的介入，这些女性人物的遭遇得到了另一番评价。例如哈代的小说《卡斯特桥市长》的开头，写的是喝得酩酊大醉的迈克尔·亨查德以五个基尼的低廉价格，把妻子连同襁褓中的女儿一起卖给了一个 Female reading generally focuses on female characters in literary works, some as “reading women.” Due to the involvement of females, the experiences of these females have received another comment. For example, at the beginning of Hardy’s novel “Mayor Casterbridge,” Michael Hendrick, who was drunk with drunkenness, sold his wife, together with his daughters, at a low price of five guinea to one