I've been reading through classics of literature for the last few years, from Alexandre Dumas to Dostoyevsky to Robert Louis Stevenson to Jules Verne and in-between.
One thing I've noticed about this time -period is that almost all women characters in classic literature (that I've read so far) are written as largely powerless and overly emotional, often hopelessly devoted to the protagonist or conniving in some way.
Currently reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and that seems to be going against the trend so far.
Any other classics of literature that have strongly written women?
by FwamingDragon91