The Jane Austen hero vote

Niamh · 02-17-2009, 05:52 PM

So, all of us are different, and not all of us like the same books to most.
So this is my question, which Jane Austen Hero was your favourite and Why?
Mine is Captain Wentworth. Why? Do i need to explain! what a heart! and the letter! (Why cant men really be like that.)

Wilde woman · 02-17-2009, 06:47 PM

Agreed, Wentworth's letter is simply one of the most heartfelt I've ever read - especially in an Austen novel!

Lokasenna · 02-18-2009, 03:58 AM

Agreed. Wentworth seems like he's going to be popular!

Jassica · 02-18-2009, 07:44 AM

For me, it was choice between Bertram, Wentworth and Darcy...
And I chose Edmund Bertram... Don't know, how to explain)

Niamh · 02-18-2009, 12:02 PM

Really? Edmund? I admit i did like him, but i spent most of the book screaming at him to open his god damn eyes! (same way i did with Roger Hamley in Wives and Daughers by Gaskell

Although i like Roger more than Edmund!) I think i prefered Henry Tilney more than Edmund, and Mr Knightley the least of all.

Jassica · 02-19-2009, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh

i spent most of the book screaming at him to open his god damn eyes!

Yes, I spent it in such a way, but then it was really joy, that he did it at last!
Yesterday I reread Northanger abbey and now I am in favour of Henry Tilney))) So, it depends on what novel I read the last)))

Niamh · 02-24-2009, 09:14 AM

*bump*
come on people!

LadyWentworth · 03-12-2009, 01:30 AM

Yeah, I would have to agree that Tilney is better than Edmund. I might like Knightley better than Edmund, though. I suppose it doesn't matter, but I actually like Colonel Brandon better than any of the others that are listed here (excluding Wentworth of course!!!

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eyemaker · 03-12-2009, 01:45 AM

I voted Wentworth

GX4146 · 03-12-2009, 04:09 AM

im going for mr knightley, he's so sure of himself without being rude. and i like the way he and emma argue; he's the only guy in the book who knows where everybody stands.

wentworth spent half the book flirting with the musgrove girls. nearly fainted at louisa's accident. call that romantic.

warm · 03-12-2009, 06:34 AM

Mr Darcy. I just love how he's able to change himself to get the woman he loves.
And! Pemberley just seems like one of the most awesome places to stay in.

optimisticnad · 03-12-2009, 09:42 AM

Wentworth of course!

And he's in the lead! Go Wentworth, Go Wentworth, Go Wentworth....

optimisticnad · 03-12-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by GX4146

im going for mr knightley, he's so sure of himself without being rude. and i like the way he and emma argue; he's the only guy in the book who knows where everybody stands.

wentworth spent half the book flirting with the musgrove girls. nearly fainted at louisa's accident. call that romantic.

He did not flirt with the Musgrove girls!

He was being friendly and complete unaware that his motives and actions were being misintrpreted. And that he nearly fainted at Louisa's accident - does not make him any less of a man but rather a sensitive man! Now that's romantic.

Mr Knightley - ok I guess but please - the letures the man can give! I wouldn't survive a week living with him! And he's rather ...judgemental, yeah that's the word!

optimisticnad · 03-12-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by warm

Mr Darcy. I just love how he's able to change himself to get the woman he loves.
And! Pemberley just seems like one of the most awesome places to stay in.

Darcy is second to Wentworth I'm afraid. I wish Austen did a character with both their qualities combined. And yes it's admirable how Darcy is able to work on his defects - not to get the woman he loves - but rather because the woman he loved found them, he didn't know she would return his feelings, he just wanted to be a better person just for knowing her. Hang on...perhaps Darcy is the best...wait no...Wentworth....Darcy... damn...

warm · 03-12-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by optimisticnad

Darcy is second to Wentworth I'm afraid. I wish Austen did a character with both their qualities combined. And yes it's admirable how Darcy is able to work on his defects - not to get the woman he loves - but rather because the woman he loved found them, he didn't know she would return his feelings, he just wanted to be a better person just for knowing her. Hang on...perhaps Darcy is the best...wait no...Wentworth....Darcy... damn...

Well, technically I believe his ultimate aim was to make himself agreeable in Elizabeth's eyes; and in doing so, he not only gets her, but also, as you said, corrected himself in the defects in his character which Elizabeth had found disgusting at first.

It's just wonderful how Austen created such lovely characters to have us so torn between choosing the more favoured one. XD

View Poll Results: Who is your favourite Austen Hero and why?
Captain Fredrick Wentworth	18	40.91%
Edmund Bertram	1	2.27%
Edward Ferrars	0	0%
Fitzwilliam Darcy	18	40.91%
George Knightley	5	11.36%
Henry Tilney	0	0%
Colonel Brandon	2	4.55%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

02-17-2009, 05:52 PM	#1
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,751 Blog Entries: 142	The Jane Austen hero vote So, all of us are different, and not all of us like the same books to most. So this is my question, which Jane Austen Hero was your favourite and Why? Mine is Captain Wentworth. Why? Do i need to explain! what a heart! and the letter! (Why cant men really be like that.) __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules Last edited by Niamh; 02-17-2009 at 05:57 PM.

02-18-2009, 03:58 AM	#3
Lokasenna Card-carrying Medievalist Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Now in a large flat with an awful view. Posts: 467 Blog Entries: 4	Agreed. Wentworth seems like he's going to be popular! __________________ "I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche

02-18-2009, 07:44 AM	#4
Jassica Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 22	For me, it was choice between Bertram, Wentworth and Darcy... And I chose Edmund Bertram... Don't know, how to explain) __________________ Ваших душ безлиственную осень Мне нравится в потемках освещать...(с)

02-18-2009, 12:02 PM	#5
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,751 Blog Entries: 142	Really? Edmund? I admit i did like him, but i spent most of the book screaming at him to open his god damn eyes! (same way i did with Roger Hamley in Wives and Daughers by Gaskell Although i like Roger more than Edmund!) I think i prefered Henry Tilney more than Edmund, and Mr Knightley the least of all. __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

02-17-2009, 06:47 PM	#2
Wilde woman Annoying alliterator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 310	Agreed, Wentworth's letter is simply one of the most heartfelt I've ever read - especially in an Austen novel!

02-24-2009, 09:14 AM	#7
Niamh The Fairy Thief Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sitting by the Black Pool of Faerie, thinking of a celt by a lake. Posts: 12,751 Blog Entries: 142	bump come on people! __________________ "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand." W.B.Yeats "If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)" Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer my poems-please comment Forum Rules

03-12-2009, 01:30 AM	#8
LadyWentworth Future Tony Award Winner Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 32	Yeah, I would have to agree that Tilney is better than Edmund. I might like Knightley better than Edmund, though. I suppose it doesn't matter, but I actually like Colonel Brandon better than any of the others that are listed here (excluding Wentworth of course!!! ). __________________ I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity - Edgar Allan Poe When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained - Mark Twain Save the Texas Prairie Chicken

03-12-2009, 01:45 AM	#9
eyemaker Pewter Pots! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Where both ends meet Posts: 2,077 Blog Entries: 64	I voted Wentworth __________________ "I maintain my pride in the face of men, but I abandon it before God, who drew me out of nothingness to make me what I am." --The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

03-12-2009, 04:09 AM	#10
GX4146 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 160	im going for mr knightley, he's so sure of himself without being rude. and i like the way he and emma argue; he's the only guy in the book who knows where everybody stands. wentworth spent half the book flirting with the musgrove girls. nearly fainted at louisa's accident. call that romantic. Last edited by GX4146; 03-12-2009 at 04:20 AM.

03-12-2009, 06:34 AM	#11
warm 18 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 22	Mr Darcy. I just love how he's able to change himself to get the woman he loves. And! Pemberley just seems like one of the most awesome places to stay in.

03-12-2009, 09:42 AM	#12
optimisticnad who me?? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mars, next to King A-mess Posts: 1,532 Blog Entries: 38	Wentworth of course! And he's in the lead! Go Wentworth, Go Wentworth, Go Wentworth.... __________________ We can never know what to want, because living only one life we can neither compare it with our previous lives, nor perfect it in our lives to come' Milan Kundera,The Unbearable Lightness of Being Parce que c'est toi, parce que c'est moi

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