Possible Lestrange Inspiration?

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 42992

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "nicolasixisme" <nicola_six at h...> wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> Since JKR takes inspiration from so many quarters, I wonder if 
there 
> isn't a connection between the Lestranges and the central character 
of 
> Gladys Mitchell's novels. The character is a curiously amoral witch 
> named Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley:
> 


    I'm currently in the process of reading Henry James novel " 
Portrait of a Lady" and while I was skimming through it one day I saw 
a couple of names that made me think of Harry Potter; Rosier and 
Pansy.
    As I said I'm in the process of reading "portrait" and have yet 
to really be introduced to these characters, but I since JKR said 
that she loved reading Jane Austen and the like, I wouldn't be 
surprised if she was used the names of the character from those 
novels as a connection to their personalities or as a tribute to the 
novels that she so enjoyed.

-sophineclaire
    Who thinks Snape is a combination of Heathcliff and Mr. Darcy if 
she does say so herself.