10 March 2010

Literary Katherines

This list made me realize I must read a lot of things by chicks. Jump on in with whatever others you can! Also... if you know of any database that can be searched by character name... that would be nice.

Known Katherines:
Katherine - "Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare (1590ish)
Lady Catherine de Bourgh - Pride and Prejudice, Austen (1813)
Catherine Earnshawe/Linton and daughter - Wuthering Heights, Bronte (1847)
Kate Vaughn - Little Women, Alcott (1869)
Katherine Brooke - Anne of Windy Poplars, Montgomery (1936)
Katherine - Katherine, Min (1995)
This one possibly does not count? She is named because of a language barrier. Chinese doesn't have the "th" sound, so they pronounce it "ka-see-rin" ([kæsirIn]?) which apparently translates to "kill a dead person." I plan to reread it anyway.

Mystery Katherines:
Catherine Barkley - A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway
Katherine Swynford (fictionalized) - Katherine, Seton
Katherine Barlow - Holes, Sachar
Kate Swift - Winesburg, OH, Anderson
Cathy Ames - East of Eden, Steinbeck
Kate Morkan - "The Dead" from Dubliners, Joyce
Katie Nolan - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Smith
Cathy - The House on Mango Street, Cisneros

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