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favourite female characters?

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NotYoMomma · 15/09/2013 21:59

who are your favourite female characters?

obviously Elizabeth Bennett will have a big following (good!)

I love Hester from Mortal Engines

and Daisy from the Great Gatsby - she is so selfish but perfectly crafted it is a joy to read about her.

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LauraChant · 21/09/2013 20:02

Harriet Vane
Dido Twite
Anne Shirley

thewhitequeen · 21/09/2013 19:57

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HarpyFishwifeTwat · 21/09/2013 19:51

Anne Shirley, George from the Famous Five (although was more like Anne as a little girl), Liesel from The Book Thief.

Not a big fan of romantic heroines - they always seem to be too defined by their relationships with men.

ButterMyArse · 21/09/2013 00:28

Anne Shirley
Becky Sharp - wouldn't have her as a friend but I admired her front
Harriet from The Little Friend

Foosyerdoos · 20/09/2013 22:36

Aurora Greenway from Tearms of Endearment
Susan Sto Helit from the disc world books

tywysogesgymraeg · 19/09/2013 10:08

Jo, from Little Women.
Also George from The Famous Five books

(I wanted to be a boy when I was young!!)

marissab · 19/09/2013 10:06

Not read many classics but loved Lisbet Salander and many of the women in the Sarah Waters novels

LaQueenForADay · 18/09/2013 23:33

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LtEveDallas · 18/09/2013 20:01

Lt Eve Dallas of course! Smile

LumpySpace · 18/09/2013 20:00

Nanny Ogg.

MrsHavisham · 18/09/2013 19:58

Moll Flanders

MrsHavisham · 18/09/2013 19:57

Dido Twite from the Joan Aitkin books.
Cassandra from I Capture the Castle

carlajean · 18/09/2013 19:05

Smilla, from Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. Tough yet vulnerable. Becky Sharpe , a very non-Victorian heroine in a Victorian novel

DuchessofMalfi · 16/09/2013 14:04

Anne Elliot (Persuasion), Lisbeth Salander (Millennium Trilogy), Midori (Norwegian Wood), Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With The Wind - I loathe her, but admire her strength of character and desire to get what she wants), agree Elizabeth Bennet but equally like Jane too and strangely quite admire the wayward Lydia for ignoring society manners and just doing her own thing :o. And so many more :)

oinktopus · 15/09/2013 23:33

Orlando (from Orlando, and yes, I know), Zazie (in the Metro), Amaranta (One Hundred Years of Solitude), Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials), Lisbeth (Millennium series), Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Liesel (The Book Thief), Pelagia (Captain Corelli's Mandolin), Idgie (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe).

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