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Formidable Female Characters

Some are delightful (Ántonia Shimerda), some are detestable (Annie Wilkes), and some are a mix of many conflicting qualities (Molly Bloom, Jean Brodie).
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Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813)
Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813)
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Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, 1877)
Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy, 1877)
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Lady MacBeth (MacBeth, Shakespeare, 1606)
Lady MacBeth (MacBeth, Shakespeare, 1606)
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Molly Bloom (Ulysses, James Joyce, 1922)
Molly Bloom (Ulysses, James Joyce, 1922)
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Medea (Medea, Euripides, 431 BC)
Medea (Medea, Euripides, 431 BC)
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Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, 1856)
Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, 1856)
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Jean Brodie (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Sparks, 1961)
Jean Brodie (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Sparks, 1961)
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Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Larsson, 2005)
Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Larsson, 2005)
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Ántonia Shimerda (My Antonia, Willa Cather, 1918)
Ántonia Shimerda (My Antonia, Willa Cather, 1918)
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Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1847)
Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1847)
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Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo, 1831)
Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo, 1831)
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Hedda Gabler (Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen, 1890)
Hedda Gabler (Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen, 1890)
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Offred (The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, 1985)
Offred (The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, 1985)
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Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote, 1958)
Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote, 1958)
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Merricat Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Jackson)
Merricat Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Jackson)
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Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, 1947)
Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams, 1947)
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Sophia Stanton-Lacy (The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer, 1950)
Sophia Stanton-Lacy (The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer, 1950)
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Scout Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960)
Scout Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960)
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Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'urburvilles, Thomas Hardy, 1891)
Tess Durbeyfield (Tess of the D'urburvilles, Thomas Hardy, 1891)
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Violet Weston (August: Osage County, Tracy Letts, 2007)
Violet Weston (August: Osage County, Tracy Letts, 2007)
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Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)
Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)
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Antigone (Antigone, Sophocles, 441 BC)
Antigone (Antigone, Sophocles, 441 BC)
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Sally Bowles (Goodbye to Berlin, Christopher Isherwood, 1939)
Sally Bowles (Goodbye to Berlin, Christopher Isherwood, 1939)
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Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, 1908)
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, 1908)
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Stargirl Caraway (Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli, 2000)
Stargirl Caraway (Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli, 2000)
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Natasha Rostova (War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, 1869)
Natasha Rostova (War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, 1869)
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Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair, Thackeray, 1848)
Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair, Thackeray, 1848)
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Claire Zachanassian (The Visit, Friedrich Durrenmatt, 1956)
Claire Zachanassian (The Visit, Friedrich Durrenmatt, 1956)
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Isabel Archer (The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, 1881)
Isabel Archer (The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James, 1881)
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Lysistrata (Lysistrata, Euripides, 411 B.C.)
Lysistrata (Lysistrata, Euripides, 411 B.C.)
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Esther Greenwood (The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath, 1963)
Esther Greenwood (The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath, 1963)
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The Little Mermaid (The Little Mermaid, Andersen, 1837)
The Little Mermaid (The Little Mermaid, Andersen, 1837)
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Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding, 1996)
Bridget Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding, 1996)
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Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette, Honoré De Balzac, 1846)
Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette, Honoré De Balzac, 1846)
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Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, 1996)
Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, 1996)
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Sarah Woodruff (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Fowles, 1969)
Sarah Woodruff (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Fowles, 1969)
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Annie Wilkes (Misery, Stephen King, 1987)
Annie Wilkes (Misery, Stephen King, 1987)
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Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, 1936)
Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, 1936)
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Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers, 1934)
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers, 1934)
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Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate, Charles Webb, 1963)
Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate, Charles Webb, 1963)
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