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Favourite female characters in children's fiction |
23 January 2004 |
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 Who inspired you in children's fiction? Who did you loathe and why?
Did you like the tomboys, like George from The Famous Five or Jo in Little Women? Or did you prefer the gentler sort, like Pauline in Ballet Shoes or Bobbie from the Railway Children? Did you cry over The Little Princess, or laugh with Pippi Longstocking?
Woman's Hour looks at the children's heroines who made a lasting impression - and wondered what might have happened to them as they grew into adults.
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