Moll Flanders Gone With The Wind (if you avoid the romance parts; what Scarlett really needed wasn't Rhett Butler; it was reliable contraception and a V-P position at Microsoft). Vanity Fair
Also, much of Wilkie Collins, particularly Lydia Gwilt (Armadale)
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Date: 2010-10-13 07:03 pm (UTC)Gone With The Wind (if you avoid the romance parts; what Scarlett really needed wasn't Rhett Butler; it was reliable contraception and a V-P position at Microsoft).
Vanity Fair
Also, much of Wilkie Collins, particularly Lydia Gwilt (Armadale)