Sunday, June 3, 2012

Sketchbook Project 2012

An Alphabet of (mostly) Literary Heroines (mostly)

A – Ayla, Clan of the Cave Bear Jean Auel
B – Beloved, Toni Morrison
C – Coraline, Neil Gaiman
D – Daenaryes, A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin
E – Éowyn, The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien
F – Freyja, Prose Edda
G – Gurdafarid, The Book of Kings Hakim Abu I-Qasim Firdawsi Tusi
H – Hester Pryne, The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
I – Io, Prometheus Bound Aeschylus
J – Justine and Juliette, Marquis de Sade
K – Karana, Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
L – Lisbeth Salander, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
M – Mina Harker Dracula Bram Stoker
N – Nancy Drew, Carolyn Keene
O – Offred, The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
P – Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève, Kushiel's Legacy Trilogy Jacqueline Carey
Q – Quartilla, Satyricon Gaius Petronius
R – Ramona Quimby, Beverly Cleary
S – Dr. Susan Calvin, I, Robot Isaac Asimov
T – Tamora, Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare
U – Ultima, Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya
V – Vera Claythorne, And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
W – The Wife of Bath, The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
X – Xochiquetzal
Y – Yael, The Book of Judges
Z – Queen Zenobia, The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan