Favourite Characters

[Polka Dot Rock]

After reading through the thread on Instant/Constant Characters, it got me thinking about books where the character/s are one of my favourite elements.

Here are some of mine:

* Fevvers - Nights At The Circus (Angela Carter)
* Jane Eyre - erm, Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
* Matilda - Matilda (Roald Dahl)
* Nannie - The One Hundred and One Dalmations (Dodie Smith)
* Lyra and Will - His Dark Materials trilogy (Philip Pullman)
* Estella - Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
* Oskar Schell - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)

That's off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some others... No doubt, you lot will remind me of more! :mrgreen:

I found it harder to think of favourite characters than of favourite books, actually! And I've noticed that there are four 'children' in there, and even Fevvers, Jane and Estella are shown as children in their novels. I can't think why that should be!

Oh and there's a dog in there too, lol.

[Icecream]

Dogs make great characters. I always loved Nanna in Peter Pan:mrgreen:

My favourite character of all time is Gandalf - Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I love his wisdom, mystery, wit and i can't remember what else because somehow my post was deleted:motz:

[JudyB]

And don't forget The Famous Five's Timmy!

[Kell]

I always loved Puddleglum in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis (the last in the Chronicles of Narnia) - he was such a darkly funny character, so morose yet exactly what they children needed to get through their adventure.

I've also always been a fan of both Angua and Vimes from the City Watch books of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

[Liz]

I like the City Watch from Discworld as well. I also really like Rincewind and the Wizards. There are a few crime fiction characters that I like - Morse and Lewis from Inspector Morse and Poirot.

[Acesare*]

Eddie and Susanna from The Dark Tower series (I though he was 'cute' while she was so feisty and strong in overcoming her disability) and Prot from the K-PAX trillogy (gotta love an 'alien').

[poppy]

Ones that immediately come to mind are some of P.G.Wodehouse's characters. Bertie, Jeeves, Gussie Finknottle the newt fancier, Lord Emsworth owner of Empress the pig, Madeleine Bassett who is always wittering on about the stars being like God's little bunny rabbits in the sky or some such (enough to make poor Bertie shudder, especially when she decides she's going to marry him).

[muggle not]

Maybe not my favorite characters but iIdo like the Nac Mac Feegles.

Kell, I am sure will know who I mean. :D

[KW]

I love character driven stories and my favorites are:

Cam and Anna in Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
Cam, Philip, Ethan and Seth in the Quinn series by Nora Roberts
Roxy, Luke, Max and Lily in Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts
Cam and Reuben in Fighting Reuben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
Cam and Reuben in Getting the Girl by Markus Zusak

[Kell]

Maybe not my favorite characters but iIdo like the Nac Mac Feegles.

Kell, I am sure will know who I mean. :DAch, o' course ah ken wha they arrrrrre, laddie! :lol: They are wonderful characters who have been described by a friend of mine as "Smurfs on Smack", but I think they're much better than that. And the thoughts of sheepies and coos whizzing past backwards always has me in fits.

I've been thinking some more and I must add both Macro and Cato from Somin Scarrow's Eagles series to my list of favourites. The start out as veteran Centurion and fresh-faced Optio, respectively, in the Roman legions, sent to Britain in 43 AD in the first book, and as the books go on, the characters develop into something wonderfully complex and real. If I were to meet them in real life, I'd want them as friends. I certainly wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of them!

[Gyre]

My favourites characters are...:D

Roland Deschain from The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King:

I think he is such a complicated character, everything is about the Tower, and you learn why when you read the series.

John Mischief from Abarat (the first book) by Clive Barker:

John Mischief has seven brothers but they are a single body, John Mischief has the actual body and his brothers, John Fillet, John Sallow, John Moot, John Drowze, John Pluckitt, John Serpent and John Slop grew on the antlers on John Mischief's head, they all have very different personalities which makes interesting reading.

Rae Seddon from Sunshine by Robin McKinley:

Another wonderful character, I really liked Rae, I hope Robin McKinley writes more books with Rae in them.

Jack Crabb from Little Big Man and The Return of Little Big Man by Thomas Berger:

Jack Crabb is a brilliant character, I actually felt sad leaving him when I got to the end of 'The Return of Little Big Man'.

:readingtwo:

[samgrosser]

My favourite character of all time is Gandalf - Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I love his wisdom, mystery, wit and i can't remember what else because somehow my post was deleted:motz:

One of my favourite characters has always been Aragorn - probably the first fictional character I actually fell in love with, when I was about 15. Then when the films came out I fell in love with him all over again.

But before I discovered Tolkien I wanted to be Lucy from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

[Icecream]

Sam - I too fell in love with Aragorn, on paper, and in film. I still rather love Viggo. Shhh don't tell Drex;) :lol:

[Wraith*]

Edward - Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series.

Wiki Says:

Edward is 5'9" with blond hair and blue eyes. Anita describes Edward as "not an imposing man", appearance-wise. She also describes his eyes - "as cold and as distant as wintery skies". A hitman, he now specializes in assassinating supernatural targets, because humans were too easy. He particularly hunts vampires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampires) and lycanthropes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycanthropes), and taught Anita most of her combat skills. Anita considers herself to be possibly Edward's only true friend.
Edward is an extremely dangerous man, as Anita describes him. He is known to the monsters as Death, seemingly because he has had so many kills. Edward is a gun freak, knowing a lot about every brand of gun. As Anita says, "He carries more firepower than Rambo". He has given Anita several "toys" (as he calls his weapons), at various times including a Mini-Uzi and a sawn-off shotgun, and she was envious of his custom Seecamp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seecamp) auto. He uses any sort of firepower, regardless of any innocent bystanders. Edward has been known to use a flamethrower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower) on vampires (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampires). He also customises his bullets, filling the silver hollow points with holy water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_water) and mercury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29), sealed with wax.
Edward is a sociopath. Sociopathy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociopathy) plays a big part in this series, between Anita and Edward's relationships. They often talk about how effortlessly they can kill, without feeling anything, without caring for the ones they kill. Another topic that they openly discuss, have discussed, many times, is "who would be better". Edward says that his greatest fantasy is to go against Anita, and see who is better. Edward claims to have dreamed about it. Anita can see the excitement in his eyes and believes him. Edward acts like he doesn't really care about anything, but we see in Obsidian Butterfly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_Butterfly_%28novel%29) he shoots through a whole gang of baddies, to save his girlfriend Donna's children, Becca and Peter. "I always thought Edward killed emotionless, his eyes cold." Anita said, in Obsidian Butterfly, "But when I looked into his baby blues, they were filled with fire. I had always thought Edward was scariest at his most cold. I was wrong. Edward the family man was downright terrifying."
Edward leads a double life; Edward as an assassin is the true Edward (as far as we know). He has an alias, his only legal identity (as far as we know) called Ted Forrester. Ted is a licensed bounty hunter, and "good ol' boy" operating out of Santa Fe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe%2C_New_mexico). Ted is engaged to a widow, Donna Parnell, with two kids, Peter (who is 14) and Becca (who is 6), not to mention the two maltese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_%28dog%29) Peeka and Boo. He appears to have a close relationship with them, and Anita almost thinks that Edward could be in love.
History: Edward's past is shrouded in mystery, however we do know that he once worked and was trained by a man named Van Cleef, with the suggestion of a military connection. He is recognised by others who trained under Van Cleef who call him "The Undertaker" a name he apparently acquired due to having the highest kill count of any of Van Cleef's trainees. Edward tells Anita that he was allowed to leave on Van Cleef's troop on the condition that he never spoke about it.
According to Anita's account in Guilty Pleasures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_Pleasures_%28novel%29), approximately two years before the start of the series, Edward and Anita collaborated in the hunt for Valentine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undead_Characters_of_Anita_Blake:_Vampire_Hunter#V alentine) and his nest of vampires. Ultimately, Edward used a flamethrower, burning a house down around himself and Anita.


He reminds me of me and we've seen his personality develop so much over the books. Can't wait for his return int he next one.

[Polka Dot Rock]

There's definitely something about mysterious characters: one of the aspects that makes Fevvers my favourite character is whilst she is brash and appears to be an open book, she is actually ambiguous and guarded. It's not just about whether she is or isn't an actual bird-woman, but she represents the contradictions that are often raging within women.

Plus she's a sweary ol' cockney who drinks too much and wears a lot of make up. Gotta love her for that!

[muggle not]

Ach, o' course ah ken wha they arrrrrre, laddie! :lol: They are wonderful characters who have been described by a friend of mine as "Smurfs on Smack", but I think they're much better than that. And the thoughts of sheepies and coos whizzing past backwards always has me in fits.

Ach! Crivens. The big wee hag is gonna send me packin'.

[Purple Poppy]

Judy said
And don't forget The Famous Five's Timmy!


I'm so glad you mentioned him. I loved Timmy!

I also fell in love with Aragorn, via the film as I have never read the books.

But after that, I'm at a loss. As someone said, its bad enough to think of favourite books, let alone chararcters. I think I will have to start compiling elaborate lists, so that I don't look quite as ignorant in threads like this!!

Kell and Muggles, what are you talking about...cows flying backwards sounds a hoot. Tell me! I have to read!!

[Kell]

Kell and Muggles, what are you talking about...cows flying backwards sounds a hoot. Tell me! I have to read!!The nac mac Feegles have a habit of stealing sheep & cows - four to a beastie, they each get under one hoof & lift, then run off with it bleeting or mooing, often with the poor creature facing backwards. Read the Tiffany Aching books & you'll see. ;)

[benedicklover]

Mr Tumnus - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the first character I really loved.
Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing, for his wit, charm (or lack or it) and intelligence
Hamlet - I fell in love with him as a moody teenager
BFG -how I wish I spoke like him when I was a kid!
Dobby the House Elf - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

There are others I am sure, but these are straight from the top of my head.

All this talk of Nights at the Circus is making me want to read it again. I remember enjoying it when I read it for A level, but can't remember much about it now.

[The Library Nook]

Wow that is really difficult, I cannot think of a favourite character off the top of my head although I know I have because I remember reading books and hating when they ended and I would have to leave the characters. Um..hmm you have got me thinking, I will be back!

[thebottle]

Henry Chinaski and Dean Moriarty

[sib]

Rumpole
Sherlock Holmes
Jeeves and Wooster

[kernow_reader]

One of my favourite characters is Gabriel Oak from umm, err, my umm favourite book which I can't think of the name of, Dang!
"Far From The Madding Crowd". Yes, that's it! What a noble guy he is.

Others are:

All the dogs in One Hundred and One Dalmations.
I love the midnight bark!

Idgie in Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe.

Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird.

Mr Pye in Mervyn Peake's Mr Pye.

Mary Poppins.

[JudyB]

One of my favourite characters is Gabriel Oak from umm, err, my umm favourite book which I can't think of the name of, Dang!
"Far From The Madding Crowd". Yes, that's it! What a noble guy he is.



He is somebody that came to mind when I saw this thread - FFTMC is one of my faves as well.

[Liz]

Rumpole
Sherlock Holmes
Jeeves and Wooster

Ooh, yes, I forgot that one. He's definitely one of my favourites!

[wrathofkublakhan]

Someone mentioned Edward from the Anita Blake series and I'll echo that.

Ranger from the Stephanie Plum series
Sherlock Holmes' brother ... Mycroft.
Hagbard Celine from Illuminatus!
William Tell Sackett from the Louis L'Amour series
Echo Sackett from the same series
Menolly from the Pern Series
Death in the Discworld series
Merlin in the Jack Whyte series on Camelot
Archie in Nero Wolfe
....and I've always like Lex Luthor in the Superman comix and books.

I'll return and read some books again and again, these characters are like old friends who make me laugh and give me someone to cheer for!

[Polka Dot Rock]

Dobbin from Vanity Fair is another of my favourites - he's such a lovely and noble guy. Even if he does spend most of his life moping over a drip :irked:

[prospero]

Classic or contemporary, male or female, realistic or fantastical, who (or what) are your favourite characters from the books you've read?

I know it's a cliche but mine is probably Scarlett O'Hara. She's criticised for being selfish, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, in short, a bitch. But that's exactly why I like her! She's not wet (like Melly) or so many other romantic heroines. She has a lot more fun than 'people' like Jane Eyre or Lizzie Bennet. :D (And Rhett's better looking than Mr Darcy, so there)!:tong:

[Kylie]

(And Rhett's better looking than Mr Darcy, so there)!:tong:

:eek2: Blasphemer! Have you even seen P&P with Colin Firth? (I assume it's that Mr Darcy you're talking about?) Mr Darcy rules :mrgreen:

I also like Elizabeth Bennett and would have to say that those two are among my favourite literary characters (honestly, I'm not trying to goad you, Prospero :tong:)

Other favourites:

All the characters from Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (if I had to choose one, I'd probably go for Yossarian)

McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Charles Pooter from Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith

Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Ellie Linton from John Marsden's Tomorrow, When the War Began series

Oh dear, I think I'd better stop! I'll post more later. Thanks for not limiting us to 1 favourite, Prospero :D

[prospero]

Maybe I should start a Colin or Clark poll?

Nah. I know I'd lose. :D

[Kylie]

That's right! :mrgreen:

Not that I have anything against Mr Gable. I've only seen the movie once though so I'm no expert. As opposed to P&P, which I've seen all of two times :lol:

[Kell]

Not exactly "high literature" but some of my favourite characters have been from novels and novellas by Stephen King:

Stu Redman (The Stand)
Trashcan Man (The Stand)
Chris Chambers (The Body)
Andy Dufresne (Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption)
Kurt Dussander (The Apt Pupil)
Annie Wilkes (Misery)

These characters are all very different from one another - some are heroes and others are villains; some are quietly confident and others are crazed psychopaths - but all are absolutely excellent!

[supergran71]

I have to agree with Prospero about Scarlett O'Hara, what a feisty woman she was. ( I like to think I am a bit like that, well when I was young more than now probably:lol:)

BUT I have to take a stand on Mr Darcy's behalf, Colin Firth is absolutely my no.1 man in his version. Unfortunately I never really took to Clark Gable ever, but he was good as Rhett Butler I will give him that.

[Isidro]

Someone mentioned Edward from the Anita Blake series and I'll echo that.

Menolly from the Pern Series
Death in the Discworld series


Love Pern and Discworld.

I do love Fitz from Robin Hobb's Assassin series, then again in the Tawny man series and referred to in the Liveship series. He's such a paranoid, self destructive idiot but loveable too, and then right at the end you find out why he's such a twonk.
Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter - she's ace too. The bit in the last book where she think's Harry is dead just made me cry.

[Isidro]

Oh and my own characters....
I adore Kate and Lily, can't stand Sam, she drives me nuts.

[Echo]

Out of all the hundreds of books I've read? Oh no...let's see:

Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings
Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair
Aloysius Pendergast from his books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (The Relic, Reliquary, The Book of the Dead, etc.)
Lucas Davenport from the Prey series by John Sandford
Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park and The Lost World
Caroline Helstone from Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
Anne Elliot from Persuasion

There's probably more...stay tuned! :D

[RedAlligator]

Aramis from the Three Musketeers
Prentice McHoan the Crow Road
Elizabeth Bennett
and
Lottie Wilkins from The Enchanted April

[Kell]

I have to add a few more to my list, seeing as how I only really mentioned my Stephen King favourites earlier:

Elena Michaels (Women of the Otherwold series by Kelley Armstrong)
Cato and Macro (Romans series by Simon Scarrow)
Jack Parlabane (various books by Christopher Brookmyre)
Lucifer (I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan)
Merteuil and Valmont (Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos)
Jack (The Plucker by Brom)
Logan "Lazarus" McRae (Aberdeen crime series by Stuart Macbride)
Severus Snape (Harry Potter series by J K Rowling)
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer)

[prospero]

I've just been reminded of Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton from The Remains of the Day.

[Roger53]

Rebus.

Although I would agree with a few others mentioned here..Rumpole, Sherlock Holmes, Becky Sharp, and who could dislike Dobbin?

[Jude-not obscure]

Elizabeth Bennett and D'arcy of course
Jane Eyre

and for some odd reason that I can't explain to myself....The Reddleman from The Return of the Native

[chicken]

Stu Redman, Tom Cullen, Nick Andros and Larry Underwood - The Stand
Claire and Jamie Fraser.
Simon Snowlock - Memory, sorrow and thorn series
Ayla and Jondalar - Earth Children
Eddie & Susanna Dean
Jack and Oy
Roland all from the Dark Tower Series
Bridget Jones
Hermione, Ron, Harry, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Neville and Ginny.
Theo Vilmos - War of the Flowers
These ar just a few of the ones I can remember. I usually love the majority of characters in a book, but not all of them stay with me, which maybe a good thing considering the amount I read :mrgreen:

[Kylie]

More of my favourites:

Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson

Anne from Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

Alex from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Matilda from Matilda by Roald Dahl

Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling

Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[poppy]

I've just been reminded of Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton from The Remains of the Day.
Prospero, I agree with Miss Kenton but I found Mr Stevens to be about the most exasperating male I've ever come across in literature. He was so unemotional and reined in, that I wanted to give him a good kick in the shin.

I loved Atticus too, Kylie, but also the three children Scout, Jem and Dill ( Dill I believe was based on Truman Capote)

I think my favourite Harry Potter character was Hagrad.

Just thought of another one - Anna from 'Mr God This Is Anna' by Fynn

[prospero]

The reasons you dislike him are the very reasons I felt the opposite! I was amazed that a Japanese author (even though he was raised in the UK, I know), could so accurately nail a repressed Englishman's stiff upper lip. Amazed and awestruck. I completely, utterly, unreservedly adore the ground Kazuo Ishiguro walks on. :D

[poppy]

I totally agree with you that Ishiguro did a brilliant job of depicting the English ...his writing reminded me very much of Evelyn Waugh. He may have been the epitome of an English butler but that still doesn't change the fact that I found Mr Stevens very frustrating and long-winded. If only he had loosened up in the end and told Miss Kenton how he felt ....sigh.

[prospero]

I know. That was tragic. Even while watching the film's last scene, I sat there screaming in my head, "Just kiss her! KISS HER, goddammit!"

[poppy]

And he's still one of your favourite characters???? The man needed shaking, I tell you :roll:

The movie was brilliant, I actually enjoyed it far more than the book. Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins played the parts so well as did the owner of the house whose name I can't remember.

[prospero]

Christopher Reeve? I know he was in it but wasn't one of the Fox brothers in the film too? It's been years since I saw it. I bet you meant the character name!:blush:

[poppy]

I've just looked it up Prospero and you are right ...it was James Fox, he played Lord Darlington. Apparently it was one of Christopher Reeves last roles before he had his accident, but I don't remember the part he played.

Another author I've thought of who reminds me even more of Kazuo Ishiguro is E.M.Forster. Have you read any of his books Prospero? Howard's End was made into a movie and starred Emma Thompson again (also Helena Bonham-Carter and Vanessa Redgrave) I wondered why the two movies seemed so alike and then I saw they were both directed by James Ivory.
Margaret (Emma Thompson) from Howard's End was a very appealing character (just so I'm not too way off topic here)

[prospero]

I think he bought Darlington Hall after the war. Ack! My memory's failing...either that or you've presented me with a great excuse to read the book again then watch the video (yep, it's been that long...I have it on VHS, not DVD...)

[poppy]

Ah ....that's right. He took over Darlington Hall and Mr Stevens kept working for him. He was American and wanted Mr Stevens to show him the ropes ....I think :blush: He didn't strike me as being particularly Christopher Reevesy, if you get what I mean, sign of a good actor.

[Kylie]

either that or you've presented me with a great excuse to read the book again

Re-reads don't count towards the 'read three, buy one' challenge remember! :tong:

[prospero]

They do if you read them before from the library and then bought your own copy to put on Mount TBR, so ner ner ner ner ner!:tong:

[Kylie]

Drat. I'm sure you're changing the rules as you go along :tong:

[prospero]

Me, do something so dastardly? Never! (Honestly - I mentioned the above in the 3/1 thread, I'm sure I did). If it makes you feel better, the book I'm on just now is over 900 pages long so I won't be buying any more books anytime soon at this rate.

But it's about Henry VIII, who, in an effort to get this back on topic, is one of my favourite characters. He was real, sure enough, but he does feature in a lot of books so he's still a 'character' to me.

[Kylie]

Yes you did mention it. I'm just stirrin' ya! :mrgreen:

I debated about whether or not to put Bill Bryson down as a favourite character. I love to read about his travels and viewpoints and he certainly is a 'character' (as in 'funny' and 'interesting', according to the dictionary).

[burghead lass]

Reacher from Lee Child books is my favourite

[happyanddandy]

A new fave - Matilda from 'Mr Pip'. Courageous, sharp and a teenager sparring with her mum.

[Laramie]

My favourite characters ever...
Maerad and Cadvan from the Pellinor series
Sabriel and Touchstone (I've forgotten the latter's real name...yay! Excuse to re-read the Abhorson series!
drat! longer TBR list!
I used to keep my TBR list in my head, but my friends keep recommending stuff so now I have it written in the notepad widget on my desktop)

I'm sure I have loads more but I can't think of anyone else right now.

My friends are all obsessed with Edward Cullen from the Twilight series, but I don't see it myself :roll:

[Kenny]

Well i'd say.....
John 117-Halo The Fall Of Reach
Pan-The Northern Lights
Safiera-Eragon

Theres probably more.

[happyndhilarious]

I'd say...

Akkarin - Black Magician's Trilogy
Lily Potter - Harry Potter
Bridget Jones - Bridget Jones Diaries

[sib]

Paddington Bear..rereading the stories now on a nostalgia trip..

[Janet]

Paddington Bear..rereading the stories now on a nostalgia trip..
I have a couple of my Paddington books from when I was a child. I'd like to read them again some day. :)

I read an excerpt from the new one in a newspaper recently!

[Nellie]

What a great thread! For me... I would say....

Severus Snape - Harry Potter By JK Rowling
Gummery - The Dark Is Rising Sequence By Susan Cooper (How bad was the film!?)
Jeeves - The Jeeves And Wooster books By PG Wodehouse
Captain Hastings - Poirot Stories By Agatha Christie

I am sure there are more...

[flowersarah]

Becky Bloomwood from the Shopaholics series by Sophie Kinsella is one of my favourite characters.

Also liking the Walsh family in Marian Keyes books. I especially liked Maggie in Angels that I recently read.

[Ruth]

Atticus and Scout Finch, from To Kill A Mockingbird
Ave Maria MacChesney, from the Big Stone Gap series
Betty Blue, from Betty Blue

[Kylie]

A recent addition to my list of favourite characters is Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.

[peacefield]

Wonderful thread! My favorite that I can think of at this moment are:

Thursday Next from the Thursday Next mystery series by Jasper Fforde
Aleinor De La Chapelle from The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Jonathan Argyle from the Art History mysery series by Iain Pears
Bernadette Hogan from Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
HW Longfellow from The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Edmund Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo
Julian Kestrel from the Julian Kestrel mystery series by Kate Ross

[Tiresias]

Leopold Bloom
Stephen Dedalus
Hamlet
The ancient mariner
Charles Kinbote
Thomas Hudson
Father Brown

[pontalba]

Bill Masen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids) from The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Emanuel Comte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malevil) from Malevil by Robert Merle
Merlin (http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Cave-Arthurian-Saga-Book/dp/0449911616) from The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart

[Ruth]

Atticus Finch, from To Kill A Mockingbird
Patrick Bateman, from American Psycho (I wouldn't like to meet him in real life, but as a character, he's terrific)
The narrator in Betty Blue (we never find out his name)
Amelia Jane, from the Enid Blyton books!

[nursenblack]

Patrick Bateman, from American Psycho (I wouldn't like to meet him in real life, but as a character, he's terrific)
haha Wouldn't mind too much if he shows up as Christian Bale!!

Mr. Darcy - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Heathcliff - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Scout - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Cassandra- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

[Colin Jacobs]

Pennywise IT Stephen King.

Dirk Pitt Clive Cussler Books. By Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler. In the Dirk Pitt Books, I always look for him to see where he will pop up.

Pip. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Swan. Swan Song by Robert R McGammon

Hermione The Harry Potter books by J.K.Rowling.
:readingtwo:

[Sedge]

Randall Flagg from The Stand by Stephen King
Mandrake from Duncton Wood by William Horwood
Ford Prefect from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Obadiah Hakeswill from Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books
Rincewind from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books

[Tiger]

Libby from the Angus, Thongs... series
Ron from Harry Potter
Saphira from Eragon

[Jo-Bridge]

Arkady Renko in Martin Cruz Smiths Renko novels, Scout Finch in To kill a Mockingbird

[KathleenMacIver]

My favorite character is Miach, from Lynn Kurland's The Mage's Daughter.

Other characters I love:
Lizzy, from Pride and Prejudice
Jem, from the later Anne of Green Gables series

Ummm.... I know there are more, but I can't think of them!

[frankie]

Ron from Harry Potter. He has a fantastic sense of humour. And it helps that Rupert Grint who plays Ron in the films is really darn cute :lol:
Severus Snape from Harry Potter. He is such a complex person, I think he should have his own book series.
And my all time favorite:
Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities. What can I say, I really feel for him.

[Icecream]

Libby from the Angus, Thongs... series
Ron from Harry Potter
Saphira from Eragon

I am liking Saphira too.

[Kylie]

Severus Snape from Harry Potter. He is such a complex person, I think he should have his own book series.
And my all time favorite:
Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities. What can I say, I really feel for him.

I listed these two among my favourites too :smile2:

Sydney is responsible for my favourite final lines ever in a novel. I cried so much. :cry2:

[frankie]

I listed these two among my favourites too :smile2:

Sydney is responsible for my favourite final lines ever in a novel. I cried so much. :cry2:

How did I miss that? I was quickly reading and browsing through this thread (I admit, rather in a hurry to post my own favorites) and I was looking if there were anyone else who'd mentioned Sydney Carton and I didn't find any. Momentary blindness :roll:
Nice to know there are other fans of Sydney Carton. I think he is one of the most underrated characters in a novel, maybe not by readers but fellow characters.