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Elizabeth Bennet for her strong will and determination; Marianne for her passion; Anne Elliot for all that she had to go through before getting Captain Wentworth back.
And my favorite Austen male characters would be Mr. Darcy, Frederick Wentworth, and John Willoughby. (I guess I like Colonel Brandon too.)
In this order:
Captain Wentworth (take a look at my name ;) )
Colonel Brandon
Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth Bennett
Anne Elliott
The hero and heroine from P&P, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey
Also: Mr and Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins (what a character!! I laughed at him, not with him!), Lydia and her obsession with soldiers
Mr. Darcy - because he is the kind of guy I want to marry
Henry Tilney - because he is the type of guy I should marry
Elizabeth Bennet - because she is the girl I want to be
Anne Eliot - because I resemble her in many ways
Lady Catherine - who wouldnt want to go through life believing that your every wish should and will be obeyed?
Capt. Wentworth - cause he writes the most romantic letter
Mr Crawford - I think he was J. Austen's greatest mistake. She should have let him have Fanny--both characters deserved a better life than the one the ended up with.
Marianne Dashwood - I just liked her commitment
Flipside
Lydia Bennet - hated her for wallowing, thriving in her ignorance of the pain she caused
Emma Woodhouse - just wanted to shake her and tell her to grow up
Edmund Bertram - sooo boring
Lucy Steele - love/hate her for her evil designs on Elinor's man
My favorite characters:
Mr. Darcy
Frederick Wentworth
Fanny Price
Elizabeth Bennett
Anne Elliot
Elinor Dashwood
I also agree with snowangel on the topic of Mr. Crawford. I felt that he ought to have ended up with Fanny too. Yes, he had shown to be horrible at the beginning as he did pursue Maria, but he then began to show some maturity and true affection for Fanny. I think that if she had accepted him he would never have gone down the path of seducing Maria, but we'll never know and I'm completely off topic. :P
Favorite Characters:
Elisabeth Bennett
Mr. Darcy
Col. Brandon
Cap. Wentworth
Henry Tilney
I disagree, I think Henry Crawford was not for Fanny. Indeed I think he is not for anyone. He would have been good for Fanny at first but it is in his character and at one point in his life we would have missed the playing and making girls fall in love with him. This being a married man would have led to an unhappy marriage.
Edward though a little dull share her moral standards
Emma
Mrs. Jennings--she is what I hope to be like when I grown old
mrs jennings
mrs bennet
sir thomas bertram
mr woodhouse
mrs allen
mary musgrove
my best characters are : Emma, Mr Knightly , Marriane and Elinore, also colonel Brandom
Elzabeth Bennet , but honestly I hate Mr and Mrs Elton , who agree?
I love so many!
Emma Woodhouse is my very favorite.
Mr. Knightley
Mr. Bingley
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet
Mr. Darcy
Marianne and Elinor Dashwood
Captain Wentworth
Mr Darcy
Elizabeth Bennet
Elinor Dashwood
Edward Ferrars
Cap. Wentworth
Willougby
I love a lot of Jane Austen's characters. They're all lovely, I think, even the " bad" characters.
Anne Elliot - Because I can relate to being an older (myself age 38) lady, a spinster, with regrets about the way she handled her early relationships by being easily manipulated by friends and family.
Isabella Thorpe, the little minx