The Display of Woman Independence in Lucinda Grace’s Books and Bribes

Abstract

This research explores the themes of feminism in a novel written by Lucinda Race entitled “Books and Bribes” in 2023. This novel focuses Lily, the main character’s investigation in a murder case. Lily has a role of female detective in this novel. In this research, the author analyzes how the female characters in this novel, particularly Lily, are capable of doing investigation of murder case without too much reliance on the male characters. By doing close reading, this research uses the qualitative method and descriptive analysis to analyze the novel. The data and primary source of this research is the novel itself. In this research, the author analyzes how women’s independence as one of the sub topic for feminism displayed throughout the story. This research discovered that women’s independence in this novel are displayed in two ways. The first one is witch as the representation of feminism, and the second is independent relationship.