More Literary Works That Feature Strong Literary Ladies
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Work and Author Genre Strong Female Character(s)
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry Play Lena and Ruth Younger
*Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Novel Pilate Dead
Beloved, Toni Morrison Novel Sethe, Baby Suggs, Denver
*The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark Novel Jean Brodie
*A Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood Novel Offred
"A Worn Path," Eudora Welty Short story Phoenix Jackson
*The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton Novel Countess Ellen Olenska
The Color Purple, Alice Walker Novel Celie, Shug, Sophia
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novel Ifemelu
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray Novel Becky Sharp
Wit, Margaret Edson Play Vivian Bearing
The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserman Play Heidi Holland
Top Girls, Caryl Churchill Play Marlene, Pope Joan
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Novel Hester and Pearl Prynne
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Novel Jane Eyre
Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence Novel Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Novel Esther Greenwood
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver Novel Orleanna, Leah, and Adah Price
*Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver Novel Codie and Hallie
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson Novel
A Study in Scarlet Women, Sherry Thomas Novel
Fences, August Wilson Play Rose Maxon
Work and Author Genre Strong Female Character(s)
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry Play Lena and Ruth Younger
*Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Novel Pilate Dead
Beloved, Toni Morrison Novel Sethe, Baby Suggs, Denver
*The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark Novel Jean Brodie
*A Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood Novel Offred
"A Worn Path," Eudora Welty Short story Phoenix Jackson
*The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton Novel Countess Ellen Olenska
The Color Purple, Alice Walker Novel Celie, Shug, Sophia
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Novel Ifemelu
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray Novel Becky Sharp
Wit, Margaret Edson Play Vivian Bearing
The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserman Play Heidi Holland
Top Girls, Caryl Churchill Play Marlene, Pope Joan
The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Novel Hester and Pearl Prynne
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Novel Jane Eyre
Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence Novel Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath Novel Esther Greenwood
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver Novel Orleanna, Leah, and Adah Price
*Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver Novel Codie and Hallie
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson Novel
A Study in Scarlet Women, Sherry Thomas Novel
Fences, August Wilson Play Rose Maxon