Booth - The ones that come to my mind immediately are Emma Bovary, Medea, Tess, and the wife of Mr Rochester in _Jane Eyre_. Rochester's wife is the subject of the novel _Wide Saragasso Sea_. (which was made into a film) Hope this helps. Helen. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Helen Mellett, Reference Services Librarian Oesterle Library, North Central College Naperville, IL 60540 [log in to unmask] "Or don't you like to write letters. I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something." --E. Hemingway