tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post4872533314736248516..comments2023-10-26T05:14:48.235-04:00Comments on The Egalitarian Bookworm: Which Austen hero, err, Literary Character Is Your Valentine?SarahMarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-23466039068744791862010-02-16T20:57:21.115-05:002010-02-16T20:57:21.115-05:00Better late than never I suppose!
Nobody beats Mr...Better late than never I suppose!<br /><br />Nobody beats Mr. Thornton in my mind, except perhaps the aforementioned charming bigamist. But if I can't have all the ladies for my valentine (and it's tempting), I would have to choose Marian Halcombe from The Woman in White. Fiery, courageous, absurdly intelligent and intuitive... yes please :)Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-10133358483741292032010-02-11T16:28:26.672-05:002010-02-11T16:28:26.672-05:00Austen-wise I gotta go with Captain Wentworth. He...Austen-wise I gotta go with Captain Wentworth. He's faithful, self-made man, and most important of all, he's a forgiving man. I'd need that. <br /><br />Just Literary-wise I'm going with Augustus McCrae from Lonesome Dove. Now that would be fun, we'd never stop laughing. Also I have a place in my heart for Jim Burden from My Antonia. <br /><br />Also to be equal opportunity I'll acknowledge my girl crush on Elizabeth Bennett. Yeah I said it.gettsrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308035461258780034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-23648916071145199232010-02-11T10:53:55.759-05:002010-02-11T10:53:55.759-05:00I agree wholeheartedly on Darcy, Newland, Knightle...I agree wholeheartedly on Darcy, Newland, Knightley. Have never read Gabaldon but am beginning to feel like I ought to read the first one. And Beth D, that's funny bc Rochester was my first too... I read Jane Eyre when I was 11 and at that tender age I was disturbed by her not finding him "handsome" but I soon fell for his bigamist charms. Darcy came next. And Rhett. (sigh).SarahMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164306815128620427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-24173821542464626372010-02-11T10:51:20.302-05:002010-02-11T10:51:20.302-05:00Tilney has always been my boy, but I have to agree...Tilney has always been my boy, but I have to agree that the time I've spent recently with Mr. George "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" Knightly has rather turned my head.<br /><br />And I have to admit, Mr. Edward Fairfax Rochester will always have a distinctly throbbing piece of my heart. You never forget your first, and he was mine.Beth Dunnhttp://www.bethdunn.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-21087793455132137312010-02-11T10:28:44.351-05:002010-02-11T10:28:44.351-05:00I've been a fan of Knightly for some time. The...I've been a fan of Knightly for some time. There's a character in <i>A Suitable Boy</i> (Kabir) who made me feel very dreamy and heart-squishy when I read it, but I was in love with the whole book, so that might not be <i>him</i> as much as it was the whole experience of the world of the book.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-28838456386465611272010-02-11T00:04:37.422-05:002010-02-11T00:04:37.422-05:00Team Tilney here. Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey...Team Tilney here. Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey that is. Out of Austen's canon and into Diana Gabaldon's world would be Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series. *swoon*Laurel Ann (Austenprose)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07569869772159241024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-16776316093698167822010-02-10T23:58:59.290-05:002010-02-10T23:58:59.290-05:00Even though Newland Archer is often a twit, I'...Even though Newland Archer is often a twit, I've loved him for so loooooong (and damn, does Daniel Day Lewis nail Archer's particular beauty)<br />Close afterwards...Henry Tilney.Catherinehttp://restlessviolet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36119718.post-64252147636115448112010-02-10T22:23:44.416-05:002010-02-10T22:23:44.416-05:00I gotta say it - Fitzwilliam Darcy. He's the ...I gotta say it - Fitzwilliam Darcy. He's the one who drew me in to the whole Austen world. It's hard to forget, or top, that first giddy love. Colonel Brandon comes in at #2.LizzieJnoreply@blogger.com