Which character from fiction would you like as a friend?

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CromartyForthTyneDogger · 11/01/2024 16:40

If you could have any character from a book as your best friend who would you choose?

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Notgoodatpoetrybutgreatatlit · 16/01/2024 06:17

Sand Dan Glokta from Joe Abercrombie's first law trilogy and Monza Murcatto from Joe Abercrombie' Best Served Cold. I'm a bit obsessed with his books at the moment.
Both characters survive against all odds and refuse to let the horrible things done to them define them. Also Monza dedicates herself to vengeance. I love vengeance.

sawnotseen · 16/01/2024 05:35

Rachel in Rachel's holiday - Marian Keyes

Manyandyoucanwalkover · 16/01/2024 02:22

Jack Reacher. ❤️

purpleme12 · 16/01/2024 02:15

Becky the shopaholic

coxesorangepippin · 16/01/2024 02:00

Tristan the vet from James Herriot

MsAmerica · 16/01/2024 01:59

Elizabeth Bennet, of course!

TweeBee · 13/01/2024 22:43

I would love to know Hercule Poirot but I think best friend status might be a bit much. Many of Marian Keyes’ characters would be ideal friends, or even Marian herself. Similarly with a lot of Maeve Binchy characters.
Also would love to be a member of the Thursday Murder Club but think I’m too young, would have to work there.

HarpyRampant · 12/01/2024 08:30

Herbert Pocket, Ralph Touchett, Prue Sarn, Lucy Snowe.

akissbeforebed · 11/01/2024 17:52

I'd quite like to be friends with Agatha Raisin.

LenaLamont · 11/01/2024 17:38

Are you telling me they aren't already my friends, OP? 😱

JaneyGee · 11/01/2024 17:13

Lizzie Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. She's funny, kind, brave and loyal. I once heard an old literature professor say "I've been in love with Lizzie Bennet since I was 15." Bless him.

Bertie Wooster from the Jeeves books. Kind, witty, self-mocking and endlessly cheerful. He's also quick to forgive and wishes everyone well. Above all he's happy. The littlest things fill him with joy.

I think I'd also like Sally, from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Oh, and Anthony Blanche from Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. I'm not sure either would be loyal or reliable, but they'd be entertaining.

Possibly Lord Henry from Wilde's Dorian Gray. I also love Mr Scogan From Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow (he was based on Bertrand Russell). Lord Henry, Mr Scogan and Anthony Blanche are all superb talkers. It would be amazing to meet them for a coffee and listen to them rattling away.

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