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Anne Elliot in Persuasion by Jane Austen -- shy, quiet, sensible, loyal, kind, tenacious, bookish
Anne Shirley from the Anne of Green Gables books by L. M. Montgomery -- quirky, imaginative, bookish, starry-eyed, stubborn
Constance Kopp from Girl Waits with Gun and the rest of the Kopp Sisters series by Amy Stewart -- sensible, down-to-earth, brave, stalwart, capable, determined
Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling -- intelligent, loyal, courageous, level-headed, resourceful, curious, bookish
Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -- strong-willed, strong-minded, indomitable, resilient, affectionate
Jo March from Little Women, Little Men, and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott -- independent, smart, imaginative, bookish, understanding, stubborn, resourceful, dependable
Mary Russell from The Beekeeper's Apprentice and the rest of the series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King -- willful, intelligent, gutsy, bookish, indomitable, skillful
Thursday Next from The Eyre Affair and the rest of the series by Jasper Fforde -- trustworthy, diligent, determined, curious, strong-willed
Trixie Belden from the Trixie Belden series by Kathryn Kenny -- smart, loyal, curious, pugnacious, determined
Valancy Stirling from The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery -- bright, vibrant, bookish, diligent, kind, forthright
Well, from my listing of random character traits and descriptions, I think we can see the sorts of traits I value in fictional characters! There are a lot of similarities here, aren't there?
I know Marta would make my own list! :-D
ReplyDeleteDKoren, awww! I love that! :-D
DeleteVery nice! I loved Jane Eyre.
ReplyDeleteMy post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-favorite-character-traits-for-heroines/
Thanks, Lydia!
DeleteI need to read Anne of Green Gables. I somehow missed it when I was growing up.
ReplyDeleteAJ, if it makes you feel better, I think I may enjoy Anne more as an adult than I did as a kid. So you haven't missed out totally!!!
DeleteI need to catch up on the Marry Russell books. Great picks this week!
ReplyDeleteWe shared some of the same heroines! Wish I had thought of Trixie, though! I wore out my copies with so much rereading. As a 40th birthday gift for myself, I purchased a pristine complete collection in the same editions as I'd had as a child. (The previous owner had saved hers and read the library copies instead.)
ReplyDeleteGypsi, oh, that collection sounds so cool! When I was about 10, a much-older cousin gave me her Trixie Belden collection, the first 30 books. I was sooooo excited because my library only had a handful. Such wonderful stories!
DeleteI have a few of the Trixie Belden books but for the life of me cannot remember if I read them as a kid or not. I bought some as gifts for my cousin too who went through an entire Nancy Drew mystery phase. :) Also... Anne is an underrated Jane Austen heroine I think.
ReplyDeleteRissi, well, Trixie Belden is still loads of fun even if you're not a kid anymore. I infinitely prefer her to Nancy Drew!
DeleteAnne is definitely an underrated Austen heroine. Maybe that's part of why I love her so much?