Sigh..

[textualdeviance]

So, I finished The Silver Chair last night, and I just have one question:

Did Lewis write ANY adult female character who isn't evil or dead?

Wow. No wonder he didn't get married until he was in his 50s. At least Tolkien seemed to admire strong women.

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[noipeh.livejournal.com]

Have you read the Horse and His boy yet? There's a female character in that, I think. And Lucy and Susan are grown queens at that point, but marginal in the story. I have a feeling that he had no perspective on females, so he didn't write about them.

Oh, in Voyage of the Dawn Treader there is a strong female character who makes a brief appearance.

And in the last book, the Last Battle, the girl from the Magician's Nephew comes back at the end and it is full grown. She's a bit part though.

Hmmmm, no I guess he really didn't. I didn't notice because I always liked Lucy so much.

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remembered the Dawn Treader one. She wasn't around long, though, and I think she was still young, rather than an adult woman, IIRC.

I've just started Horse, and we've met Aravis. Still a younger woman, though, yes?