This paper is based on the interpretation of the same name heroines: Dora Krupić, Dorica, gaudy fairy Dorica and Dora Novak. After an insight into the corresponding periods and socio-historical circumstances based on the relevant literature, in order to better understand the overall situation of the time, this paper briefly explores the biographies of August Šenoa, Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, Ante Kovačić and Irena Vrkljan as well as their works: Goldsmith's treasure, Janko Borislavić, In registry, Marina or about the biography and Dora, this autumn. Annalising the results of the research and the volume of data on the relations between the authors (and one female author) and their female characters and the comparison of the women mentioned above, it can be said that Croatian literature is lacking the typology of the female character. After the period of realism, literary theory does not give an insight into the typology of the female character simply because there is no clearly defined female character/ type. In other words, each character requires an individualized approach in order to avoid generalization and classification of women into the two most famous types of character, femme fatale and femme fragile.