Your favorite female protagonist/character...

Liked it. First time I hear the name of SuraManjari here. She is one fascinating character and one of my all time favourite since young. The novel is really beautiful, lost count of how many times I would have read it.

 

I have to agree with everyone who has mentioned Elizabeth Bennet.
Bridget Jones is another favourite, she is extremely relatable! Not to mention hilarious

 

Jane Austen

 

Right now, the first character that comes to mind is Melody Callahan from J.J. McAvoy's Ruthless People series.

 

Hard to go past Lara Croft.

 

The first one,who comes to my kind is Elizabeth Bennett from pride and prejudice

 

Dors Venabili and Francesa Bassington (neither of them are protagonists, but...) and Cate Archer of No One Lives Forever fame from video gaming

 

Elizabeth Bennett ..Hands down

 

I think there were different women in different times. Today I recollect Miss Marple, a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha Christie's crime novels, and in 20 short stories...She was a superwoman for me in that time! I admired her.

 

Nice thread ! My top three are,

(1) Janu , from ancient promises by Jaishree Misra . This is almost autobiographical and Is about a woman stuck in a loveless marriage in conservative Kerala and how she comes out of it. A very inspiring novel.

(2) Dominique francon , fountainhead . Just like how completely unaffected she is by what people think .

(3) Shizuko , shizukos daughter . How she navigates her life after her mother commits suicide when she is eight .