In Search of Bad Girls

I’m putting together a workshop on Bad Girls in Fiction. If you don’t see your favorite bad girl here, suggest one to me and I’ll add her to the list! Also, if you want to explain why you like a particular bad girl, I’d love to hear your comments! Also, I’d like to know what you think the difference is between a villains and a bad girl of fiction. (Read More to take the poll!)

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4 Responses to “In Search of Bad Girls”

  1. Liss Says:

    What about Becky Sharp from Thackeray’s Vanity Fair? She was pretty ruthless!

  2. Stephanie Draven Says:

    Hey Liss! I haven’t actually read Vanity Fair *sheep*. But I added her to the poll!

  3. Monica Says:

    I think the difference is humanity…most villains are just evil and completely irredeemable…bad girls are still human, show feelings and give at least the illusion that they can be helped.

    Ms Thorpe from Jane Austen’s ‘Northanger Abbey’, I think is a bad girl.

  4. karen wester newton Says:

    Assuming she doesn’t have to be a protagonist, what about Fanny Dashwood, the sister-in-law in Sense and Sensibility– the one who talks her husband out of helping his sisters?

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