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Who was the first fictional character you fell in love with?

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nkf · 24/01/2009 20:59

Mine was Prince Caspian.
And my most recent was the King of the Gyptians in The Dark Materials.
Show how I've changed. It used to be a boy King. Now it's a fatherly type.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 21:04

Hetty wants him at first until she has her silly head turned. And there's something so convincing about his heroic love for a daft little thing. I always thought Dinah a was a terrific charaCter so I'd want him to appreciate her too.

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Bluestocking · 25/01/2009 21:00

But he spends much of the book yearning fruitlessly for Hetty, NKF! Pretty blighting in my view. And I always felt he settled rather for Dinah, although she was clearly the rational choice.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 20:59

I might have to go and re-read it. I love that book.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 20:58

She doesn't blight his life. He's very happy with Dinah.

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Bluestocking · 25/01/2009 20:58

Oh yes, poor Adam , how angry I felt with Hetty Sorrel, blighting his life with her carelessness.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 20:48

Sue Barton. I haven't thought of her for years.
And yes Adam Bede. So noble. One wanted to rescue him from that awful mother.

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mysterymoniker · 25/01/2009 20:39

Adam Bede

oxocube · 25/01/2009 20:36

nkf - you have reminded me of Dr Bill (I think that was his name) from the Sue Barton nursing series. I had a major crush on him

bronze · 25/01/2009 20:11

Guy Charlton was also from the Sadlers wells series.
He was landed, rode, a gentlemanly mountain climber and I don't think he was considered bad looking either.
He could rescue me anytime

GrapefruitMoon · 25/01/2009 19:10

What LadyGlencora said! Was trying to remember the name of the book as I read the thread and there it was! I met someone recently whose husband is called Sebastian and I was a teeny bit jealous

Bluestocking · 25/01/2009 19:03

Patrick Pennington for me too, followed by the hero of Flambards.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 19:01

Sounds like we all wanted to marry doctors.

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newpup · 25/01/2009 18:59

Gilbert Blyth here too!

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nkf · 25/01/2009 18:38

Heathcliff was way too rough for me.

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PuppyMonkey · 25/01/2009 18:05

Mine was definitely Heathcliff

oxocube · 25/01/2009 17:55

Ditto both Fred (ScoobyDoobyDooooooo) and when emotionally mature (!!!!!!!!!!), Heathcliff

KingRolo · 25/01/2009 17:50

The dark, brooding, passionate side of Heathcliffe is appealing but I changed my mind about him in the second half of the novel when he strangles his wife's dog.

I had an odd crush on Adrian Mole when I was a young teen.

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nkf · 25/01/2009 15:28

Who is Guy Charlton?

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nkf · 25/01/2009 15:28

Who is Guy Charlton?

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bronze · 25/01/2009 11:38

Guy Charlton
Had to go and check the book instead

bronze · 25/01/2009 11:34

I had forgotton sadlers wells

For me it was Guy I was just trying to double check his surname when I saw this

"In fact we learn far more about Sebastian's feelings after we know that he has come to claim Veronica at the end of "Veronica at the Wells"
and now I've gone all wibbly.

all the hair on the back of neck neck has stood on end

Joy27 · 25/01/2009 10:00

It's a close call between Laurie from Little Women (I also idolised Jo) and Gilbert Blythe (I didn't want to be Anne- she was always getting one-upped by her glamorous friend Diana).

When I got older, Lysander from The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (Jilly Cooper)

Ledodgy · 25/01/2009 00:01

I also fell in love with mr rochester but the one played by timothy dalton in the tv series not the book.

Quattrocento · 24/01/2009 23:55

It's been done before Kerry - to some of the characters on this thread, I think. I am convinced that Mr Rochester and Lord Peter Wimsey were objects of the authors' affections.

KerryMumbles · 24/01/2009 23:50

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