Ten Tragic Heroines I Have Not Forgotten

A Listmania! list by Ms. L. M. Smith "turquoise_floyd" (Suffolk, UK)
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The House of Mirth (Wordsworth Classics)
1.  The House of Mirth (Wordsworth Classics) by Edith Wharton
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  "Lily Bart will break your heart as she tries to get along and fails..."
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics)
2.  Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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  "Poor, beleagued Tess - always at the mercy of other people's whims..."
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The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics)
3.  The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics) by George Eliot
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  "Lively Maggie Tulliver, as unforgettable as any heroine..."
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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  "Catherine Earnshaw, not the most likeable but tragic all the same"
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Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics)
5.  Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
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  "Jane comes upon happiness eventually, but she suffers before she arrives at it's gates..."
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The Custom of the Country (Oxford World's Classics)
6.  The Custom of the Country (Oxford World's Classics) by Edith Wharton
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  "Undine Spragg may seem like she's a winner, but is she?"
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean Rhys
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  "Antoinette Cosway, madness by genetics or by design?"
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Vanity Fair (Penguin Popular Classics)
8.  Vanity Fair (Penguin Popular Classics) by William Thackeray
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  "Not the irresistibly wicked Becky Sharp but Amelia Sedley, ruined by her adoration of the heartless George"
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Mansfield Park (Penguin Popular Classics)
9.  Mansfield Park (Penguin Popular Classics) by Jane Austen
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  "Fanny Price may have a happy ending to her story, but it's a tough road, getting there."
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Anna Karenina (Wordsworth Classics)
10.  Anna Karenina (Wordsworth Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
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  "And the ultimate in tragic heroines, Anna Karenina..."
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