All of William Morris's heroines had, I reflected.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
One of her chief beauties was in her large, finely-shaped, feminine hands-hands which she has, indeed, described as characteristic of several of her heroines; but she once pointed out to a friend at Foleshill that one of them was broader across than the other, saying, with some pride, that it was due to the quantity of butter and cheese she had made during her housekeeping days at Griff.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
There is certainly the identity of name in the heroines, and some resemblance of situation as regards portions of the story, but both the name and the situation are sufficiently common not to excite astonishment at such a coincidence.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind