sweetfrancaise
Well-Known Member
As a preface, I was talking with my mom the other night about books, recommendations, the usual. She was rereading Outlander, a book she adores and with a male protagonist who, she believes, is *the* perfect man. I've read the book, found it romantic, etc., but I didn't fall head over heels with Jamie. It got me thinking about the characters over the years who I've fallen for, hook line & sinker. Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre has been number one since I read the book for the first time when I was 11. I fell hard! There has been a few others, none quite as pervasive as Rochester. I fell for Lucien from the historical fiction novel The Last Silk Dress when I was in junior high, Dickon from The Secret Garden, Randolph Henry Ash from Possession and of course Lupin from Harry Potter.
So that led me to wonder, who are you infatuated with in the literary world? What character has inspired fantasies and led to dog-eared, well-worn books?
So that led me to wonder, who are you infatuated with in the literary world? What character has inspired fantasies and led to dog-eared, well-worn books?
