The term 'Dickens Heroine' refers to three female characters from the works of Charles Dickens: Nell, Dora, and Dorrit. Nell is a young girl from The Old Curiosity Shop who is taken in by her grandfather and later falls in love with a young man named Kit. Dora is the main character in David Copperfield who is married to the titular character. Dorrit is the protagonist of Little Dorrit, a novel about a woman who is born into poverty and eventually discovers her true identity.