Please list the couples in fiction that made the perfect match and the most anticipated lovetriangles..
Here's mine..
Perfect couple:
Aragorn and Arwen from The Lord of the Rings
Angel Clare and Tess Durbeyfield.(So much Love!)
Most anticipated lovetriangle:
Linton-Catherine-Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights..
Worst couple:
I can't think of any at the moment.
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Thank you.
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
the whole boatload of sensitive!
— Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.
For perfect couple, I pick David Copperfield and Agnes Wickfield, from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. I don't know why, but I really liked that story even though the cynical side of me tells me that it's probably pretty corny.
My favorite couple, though, might be Peter Abelard and Heloise (but I guess they don't count because it's not fiction). I haven't read the letters, but I really enjoyed Pope's Heloisa to Abelard. For literature, nothing is better than forbidden love!
I'm not sure what is meant by "anticipated" love triangle, but maybe you meant "celebrated" love triangle?
For the most celebrated love triangle, I would pick Paris, Helen, and Menelaus (I guess that may not be fiction) from Homer's Iliad (and Greek folklore).
For weirdest love triangle, I would pick Lucy, Pierre, and Isabel from Herman Melville's Pierre. If you've read it, you know what I mean.
I haven't read that book. Sounds interesting, though.
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
the whole boatload of sensitive
— Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.
Traingle: Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanon from Fiztgerald's The Great gatsby.
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For best love triangle, Olivia, Viola and Orsino from "Twelfth Night" are the most memorable for me.
Possibly one of the worst couples would have to be Charlotte and Mr Collins in "Pride and Prejudice", but having said that, I hated how Mr B and Pamela in "Pamela" ended up getting married. Pamela's virtue may be rewarded, but isn't she rewarding Mr B's vice?
Oh yeah! Orsino, Viola and Olivia! How could I ever forget?Originally Posted by Vedrana
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
the whole boatload of sensitive
— Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.
Can't forget the sweet couple Kitty and Levin from Anna Karenina
Eeww...Anna and Vronsky and Karenin made my head hurt
"So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5xXowT4eJjY
Best pair: Antony and Cleopatra, for my money.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
no one has mentioned Romeo and Juliet...are they passé?
Even though they don't really count as fiction, Henry and June and Anais Nin have my vote.
Last edited by Riesa; 11-27-2006 at 11:30 AM. Reason: forgot the third side of the triangle
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
My favorite couple would be Raskolnikov and Sofya from Crime and Punishment, even though they weren't exactly, I don't know how to say, courting or anything during the book, but they loved each other. Sofya's devotion in following Raskolnikov to Siberia was really touching.
For lovetriangle, I agree with Virgil on Gatsby, Daisy and Tom.
'...A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.' --Dr. Mortimer, The Hound of the Baskervilles
I say Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice are one of the best couples
Beren Camlost and Luthien Tinuviel
Turin, Niniel and Finduilas
Midori Kobayashi, Naoko and Toru Watanabe
Christine Daae, Erik, and Raoul
John Grady Cole, Magdalena and Eduardo
Eldarion, Erendis and the sea
Turin, Finduilas and Gwindor
Idril Celebrindal, Tuor and Eol
Phedre No Delaunay and Joscelin Verreuil
well, Scarlet O'Hara and Rhett Butler belong in there somewhere . . .worst or best though??
i think i give my vote for worst. lovely writing, but they are neither suited for love.
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Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester!
*sigh*... I adore that book. They're so wonderfully in love, and Jane is so noble, and Mr. Rochester so confused and hurt, and it's so beautiful... even though if I ever stop and think about the age difference it gives me the wierds. :S
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