Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Top Ten Mean Girls In Books


Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted over at The Broke and the Bookish.  Each week, we get a theme to list our top tens. 

This week's Top Ten is: Top Ten Mean Girls in Books

Here is my list, in no particular order:

1) Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
2) Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
3) Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
4) Lady Macbeth in Macbeth by Shakespeare
5) Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
6) Wicked Witch of the West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz  by L. Frank Baum
7) Madam Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
8) Mrs. Reed in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
9) Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
10) The Ugly Stepsisters in Cinderella
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20 comments:

  1. DonnaApril 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    Great choices! I see a couple there that scared me a lot!

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  2. TrishApril 26, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Mrs Reed and Mrs Danvers made my list too. I see some other good ones here too: Scarlett is the best of the worst!

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  3. LisaApril 26, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    Dolores made my list too. I agree that Scarlett is mean and contriving but she still holds a place in my heart.

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  4. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    Umbridge for sure! My first thought was Aunt Norris in Mansfield Park. She was just awful.

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  5. bermudaonionApril 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Scarlett O'Hara was the first one to pop into my mind! Great list!

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  6. AlyceApril 26, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Great choices! I wouldn't have thought of Scarlett, but she certainly is mean. I also had forgotten about the wicked Madam Defarge.

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  7. Two BibliomaniacsApril 26, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Great List! We have several of the same choices. I also completely agree with Becky Sharp and Scarlett!

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  8. UnknownApril 26, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Yeah, Mrs. Danvers was absolutely hateful.

    Good list.

    Here's mine:
    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/04/top-ten-tuesday_26.html

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  9. SarahApril 26, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    I forgot about Becky Sharp and Mme. Defarge! Good picks.

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  10. RachelApril 26, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Fantastic list. Many classic mean girls on it.

    Rachel-Endless Reading

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  11. AnneApril 26, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    Great list- I wish I would have thought to put Dolores Umbridge on my list, she is perfect for it!

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  12. SophiaApril 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM

    Good list - we've both got Scarlett on there, she was nasty!

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  13. YvetteApril 27, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    Fabulous list. I also listed Lady MacBeth and Mrs. Danvers and Mrs. Reed. For sure. At first I didn't think I'd get to ten, but I managed. :)

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  14. MarlaApril 27, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. I wanted to leave my comment here because some of your picks caught my eye. I wholeheartedly agree with you in the instance of Rebecca Sharp and Dolores Umbridge. Happy reading.

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  15. Nise' April 27, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    Great choices!!

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  16. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    Scarlett O'Hara is a great choice!

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  17. BibliophileApril 27, 2011 at 2:27 AM

    Good list!
    I'd have put Becky Sharp on my list had I read the book, but I have only seen the latest TV mini-series and I don't know how well that follows the book.
    I did have your nos. 3, 4 and 5 on my list.

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  18. DaniApril 27, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    Lots of classic mean girls here! Cool list.

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  19. Anne@HeadFullofBooksApril 27, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    All of our lists are starting to look pretty similar. Either there aren't very many mean female characters in literature or we've all read the same books. Ha!

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  20. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Scarlet really was a mean girl! Good choice :)

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