I think Sophronia from Gail Carriger's Finishing School series fits all the above requirements! She's not as privileged as some, but she more than makes up for it in gumption. Plus, who doesn't want to read about a floating dirigible spy school above a Victorian London filled with dandified vampires and fuzzy werewolves?
Alternatively, Carriger's original series, the Parasol Protectorate, has Alexia. Who is pretty much exactly the same as Sophronia, except for a couple details. (I like both series, even as I acknowledge they're basically the exact same character types plopped in different years.)
...I need to stop coming here when I've already got four dozen books I should be reading. It either makes me want to reread MWT, or hunt down all the books you guys recommend!
But back around to Gen: I think the interesting thing about Eugenides is that he's also one of the "fated"--the "gods-touched." Not perhaps to the extent of Harry Potter or, idk, Jesus, but he's very much aware of the gods as they are of him. That's more of a world characteristic than anything, something replicated in setting rather than person. I think the roundness and fullness of a literary world can have as much impact on us as a character can, because it's really about how the two interact and buffer and pull on each other.
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Date: 12/16/14 03:17 pm (UTC)Alternatively, Carriger's original series, the Parasol Protectorate, has Alexia. Who is pretty much exactly the same as Sophronia, except for a couple details. (I like both series, even as I acknowledge they're basically the exact same character types plopped in different years.)
...I need to stop coming here when I've already got four dozen books I should be reading. It either makes me want to reread MWT, or hunt down all the books you guys recommend!
But back around to Gen: I think the interesting thing about Eugenides is that he's also one of the "fated"--the "gods-touched." Not perhaps to the extent of Harry Potter or, idk, Jesus, but he's very much aware of the gods as they are of him. That's more of a world characteristic than anything, something replicated in setting rather than person. I think the roundness and fullness of a literary world can have as much impact on us as a character can, because it's really about how the two interact and buffer and pull on each other.