The standing of women in the 19th century was not the same as it is today. Women were becoming aware of their importance and a discussion is beginning about their role in society. On the other hand female characters were flooding the pages of 19th century novels with a theme of female friendship. The friendships we have analysed convey to us a wonderful story about different women and their lives, but also their influence on each other. They also bring us a story about the authors themselves, who influenced their peers as much as their characters did each other. That is how Šenoa wrote Branka after being influenced by Stankovačka učiteljica that was written by Perkovac. Tomić was hailed as the Šenoa of Požega after he was inspired by Šenoa and wrote most of his works in his style. The friendships being written in a realistic manner give us different insight into the real day-to-day life of that time of the socio-political context of the 19th century. But above else the pleiad of female characters with different personalities such as Branka and Hermina, Melita, Ela and Ljubica, Marta and Klarica allow us to make out the significance of the theme of female friendship and the importance it has for women. It gives us a warm and nice story about women and their mutual relationships. Regardless of being written by a male author with the preconceptions that the literary conventions of that time bring.