I have alot of films with them in it but in a book who is classed as a femme fatale?
Scarlett O' Hara? I already have her in the Manipulative/Scheming category (My sister loves her for it).
I have all the ones in the Raymond Chandler books as well.
2007-02-10 02:10:20 · 14 answers · asked by The Face 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hiya, Try reading Phillipa Gregory's books. The Other Boleyn Girl, The Queens Fool, The Virgins Lovers, The Constant Princess. They are about famous historical women, and are fantastic i assure you they are a great read.
2007-02-10 06:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by kevina p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of Mice and Men, Curly's wife is described as one. Dangerous Liasons definately has one.
Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park is manipulating like Scarlett o'Hara but I wouldn't necessarily class her as a femme fatale.
The wikepedia page for Femme fatale has a few people on there. have a look at it/
2007-02-10 02:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by hypastarkimbo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lady Macbeth was a real Femme Fatale; so was Cleopatra; I suppose Eve was too; the first seductress.
For a real life Femme Fatale, try reading the life story of Maud Gonne, who was loved by the poet, W.B.Yeats. Boy, did she break hearts!
2007-02-10 10:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by marie m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you could call Cathy Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights a 'femme fatale' seeing as she drove Heathcliff insane.
Also, perhaps Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair, or am I thinking in the wrong direction?
I suppose you could count Morgan le Fay - King Arthur's half-sister - seeing as she was a bit of a scheming *****!
2007-02-11 20:52:30 · answer #4 · answered by Nannon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am French and I can recommend you a book which depicted the first "femme fatale"
It is called Manon Lescaut by l'Abbé Prévost written in the XVIII century
2007-02-10 02:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Kelley Armstrong's 'Women Of The Otherworld' series-they have a strong,sexy lead character called Elena who knows how to use her looks/personality/strengths to get what she wants outta people.
Similar stuff by Laurell K Hamilton's 'Anita Blake' series has an equally strong lead female character.
They're good books that SHOULD be made into movies!!
2007-02-10 06:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any novel about the following historical women (or about any strong woman, for that matter):
Queen Anne Boleyn 2nd wife of King Henry VIII
& her cousin Queen Katherine Howard 5th wife of Henry VIII
both beheaded by him
Mary Queen of Scots
Helen of Troy
French Queen Marie Antoinette
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt
WWI Spy Mata Hari
Queen Henrietta Maria of England
wife of King Charles I of Great Britain
(who was beheaded by the Puritans)
Woman Pharaoh Hatchepsut
Mary Surratt (the first woman hung in US history)
Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (mistress of King Charles II of Great Britain)
Joanna, Illegitimate daughter of King John of England and wife of Prince Llewellyn the Great of Wales
Jeanne de Saint-Rémy-de Luz AKA Jeanne de Valois Comtessa De La Motte (the woman behind Marie Antoinette's Affair of the Diamond Necklace)....
Also, many Gothic novels have femme fatales.
2007-02-10 03:01:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about "Life and Loves of a She-devil" by Margret Atwood. Brilliant read in my opinion you have a choice of two femme fatales!
2007-02-11 08:22:59 · answer #8 · answered by astrokitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Underworld Revolution. Milla Jovavich(if that's spelled top?) in Resident Evil video clips. enable's no longer forget approximately Uma Thurman in Kill bill. Wonderwoman, hearth megastar, Mystique:cartoons/comics.
2016-10-01 22:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Milady de Winter in the Thtee Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
2007-02-11 02:35:48 · answer #10 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋