Literary heroine, awfully gung-ho on the inside, but lacking good resilience (9)
I believe the answer is:
toughness
'resilience' is the definition.
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
(Another definition for toughness that I've seen is " He-man's quality".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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