Cathy Earnshaw or Jane Eyre?Petrova or Posy?Scarlett or Melanie?Lace or Valley of the Dolls?On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, Samantha Ellis found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw.
Cathy Earnshaw or Jane Eyre?Petrova or Posy?Scarlett or Melanie?Lace or Valley of the Dolls?On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, Samantha Ellis found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw.
The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha Ellis is the author of the books How to be a Heroine and Take Courage and her plays include How to Date a Feminist, Cling to me Like Ivy and Operation Magic Carpet. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, TLS, Spectator, Literary Review and more. She worked on both Paddington films. She lives in London.
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Introduction 1 The Little Mermaid 2 Anne of Green Gables 3 Lizzy Bennet 4 Scarlett O'Hara 5 Franny Glass 6 Esther Greenwood 7 Lucy Honeychurch 8 The Dolls (from the Valley) 9 Cathy Earnshaw 10 Flora Poste 11 Scheherazade Postscript Bibliography Acknowledgements
