I don't know about the rest of you, but when I first read An Old-Fashioned Girl, by the time I finished the book I had a MAJOR crush on Tom. I mean, he's so lovable!anybody had similar experiences, even with other books?
Crushes on Book Characters :)
I don't know about the rest of you, but when I first read An Old-Fashioned Girl, by the time I finished the book I had a MAJOR crush on Tom. I mean, he's so lovable!
Katie
"be crazy. be random. be wild. be silly. because life is too short to be cool."-a friend of a friend
Yep! I have had more than one crush on literary characters! The last one was quite a while ago; I was head over heels for Damson in Terry Brooks' The Talismans of Shannara.
I have a crush on Tom too!He's so sweet and sensitive (considering he's a Victorian boy, I mean). But I think Alcott's main male characters are very similar, so I had a crush on quite a few. There are characters like Tom in Eight cousins, for instance, or even Little Men. Anyhow, I think Tom is unique
I have a rather odd crush on Lennie from Of Mice and Men. I just think he is so innocent and cute. (I haven't seen the movie)
I suppose the straightforward answer would be Darcy, but no, too far away for me...
Rochester from Jane Eyre was the man. I suppose I just confirm the sex-appeal of the Byronic Hero. Nonetheless, he was so real that it is hard to believe that he did not exist.
And the effects are still there, after reading that book 3 years ago almost.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
Well at the moment I'm not looking for a serious relationship, just want to have a good time and a few laughs.
So either, Becky Sharpe or Isabella Thorpe (Or both)
I had a crush on Darcy .. and Rochester .. they were both just too perfect and great with great personalities .. i really wished if any one like them would exist !
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
Yeah, I would be all over them! At least over Rochester. I would be interested in what Darcy had to say, though.
Although part of their charm is in the traditional way of dealing with women... So dominant, so matter-of-fact, kind of superior. 'I will take care of everything.' Not that they wouldn't be interesting to talk to, but part of their appeal is I think in terms of being cared for as a woman. It is what we all secretly want, but what we are told we do not want.
Lost in Austen made a lovely discovery of that issue.
One has to laugh before being happy, because otherwise one risks to die before having laughed.
"Je crains [...] que l'âme ne se vide à ces passe-temps vains, et que le fin du fin ne soit la fin des fins." (Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Acte III, Scène VII)
It does not get any better than Mr Atticus Finch for me.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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