In the ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists since 1960'', S. J. Newman described her as "one of the oddest, most brilliant, and most enduring of {Link without Title} 1960s symptoms."
She was a feminist and pacifict who expressed controversial opinions on marriage, the Vietnam War , animal rights, religious education in schools, sex (she was openly bisexual {Link without Title} ), and pornography.
In response to her outspokenness, Brophy was labeled many things, including "one of our leading literary shrews" by a Times Literary Supplement reviewer. "A lonely, ubiquitous toiler in the weekend graveyards, she has scored some direct hits on massive targets: Kingsley Amis , Henry Miller , Professor Wilson Knight ." Brigid Brophy was also a very passionate advocate of animal rights and a promoter of vegetarianism.
Brophy was married to art historian Sir Michael Levey .
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1984, which would claim her life at the age of 66 in 1995.
- ''The Crown Princess and Other Stories'', Viking (New York, NY), 1953.
- ''The King of a Rainy Country'', Secker & Warburg (London), 1956, Knopf (New York, NY), 1957, reprinted with afterword, Virago Press , 1990.
- ''Flesh'', Secker & Warburg, 1962, World (Cleveland, OH), 1963.
- ''The Finishing Touch'' (also see below), Secker & Warburg, 1963, revised edition, GMP (London), 1987.
- ''The Snow Ball'' (also see below), Secker & Warburg, 1964.
- ''The Burglar'' (play; first produced in London at Vaudeville Theatre, February 22, 1967), Holt (New York, NY), 1968.
- ''In Transit: An Heroicycle Novel'', Macdonald & Co. (London), 1969, Putnam (New York, NY), 1970, Dalkey Archive Press, (Chicago, IL), 2002.
- ''Pussy Owl: Superbeast'' (for children), illustrated by Hilary Hayton, BBC Publications (London), 1976.
- ''Palace without Chairs: A Baroque Novel'', Atheneum (New York, NY), 1978.
- '' Mozart the Dramatist: A New View of Mozart, His Operas and His Age'', Harcourt, 1964, revised edition, Da Capo (New York, NY), 1990.
- ''Don't Never Forget: Collected Views and Reviews'', Cape (London), 1966, Holt, 1967.
- (With husband, Michael Levey, and Charles Osborne) ''Fifty Works of English and American Literature We Could Do Without'', Rapp & Carroll (London), 1967, Stein & Day (New York, NY), 1968.
- ''Religious Education in State Schools'', Fabian Society (London), 1967.
- ''The Rights of Animals, Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society'' (London), 1969.
- ''The Longford Threat to Freedom'', National Secular Society (London), 1972.
- ''Prancing Novelist: A Defence of Fiction in the Form of a Critical Biography in Praise of Ronald Firbank '', Barnes & Noble (New York, NY), 1973.
- ''Beardsley and His World'', Harmony Books (New York, NY), 1976.
- ''A Guide to Public Lending Right'', Gower (Hampshire, England), 1983.
- ''Baroque 'n' Roll and Other Essays'', David & Charles (North Pomfret, VT), 1987.
- ''Reads: A Collection of Essays'', Cardinal (London), 1989.
- ''Best Short Plays of the World Theatre'', 1958-1967, Crown (New York, NY), 1968
- ''Animals, Men and Morals'', edited by Godlovitch and J. Harris, Gollancz (London), 1971
- ''Animal Rights: A Symposium'', edited by D. Paterson and R. D. Ryder, Centaur Press (West Sussex, England), 1979
A collection of Brophy's manuscripts are housed in Lilly Library at Indiana University at Bloomington.
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