~Andrea~ Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 OK I know there is already a favourite character thread in the archives, but can you really narrow it down to just one? I haven't decided on mine yet but I'm pretty certain my final list will contain Aslan - Chronicles of Narnia Fiver - Watership Down So how about you? Who's in your top ten? ETA: Aarrgghh! Anybody know how to correct a spelling mistake in a thread title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 ETA: Aarrgghh! Anybody know how to correct a spelling mistake in a thread title? I think it's a mod/admin only feature. I've done it for you.. just drop someone a pm if you want something changed in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Thanks Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I'll attempt this, but I'm going to do English and American literature: 1. Elizabeth Bennet - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 2. Aloysius Pendergast - The Relic and its sequels, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 3. Lucas Davenport - The Prey Series, John Sandford 4. Samwise Gamgee - The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 5. Becky Sharp - Vanity Fair, W.M. Thackeray 6. Larry Underwood - The Stand, Stephen King 7. Ian Malcolm - Jurassic Park and The Lost Word, Michael Crichton 8. Anne Shirley - Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery 9. Nicholas Nickleby - Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens 10. Jane Eyre - Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Of course, this will all probably change by tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 This was really tough! 1. Stu Redman (The Stand by Stephen King) 2. Cato and Macro (Eagles series by Simon Scarrow) 3. Elena Michaels (Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong) 4. Sam Vimes and Granny Weatherwax (Discworld series by Terry Pratchett) 5. Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne) 6. Crowley (Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 7. Mole (The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graeme) 8. Puddleglum (The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis) 9. D. S. Logan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 In no particular order: Gollum - The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings Anne Shirley - Anne of Green Gables Maggie Tulliver - The Mill on the floss Aslan - Chronicles of Narnia Uncle Andrew - The Magician's nephew Fiver - Watership Down Orr - Catch 22 Yosarian - Catch 22 Gabriel Syme - The man who was Thursday HeathCliff - Wuthering Heights (I don't mean I like him, I hate him ) and he's a favourite for that reason, if you know what I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 I think everyone else's answers are pretty interesting. My favorites 1. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) 2. Harriet Vane ("Gaudy Night" by Sayers) 3. Walker Boh (Shannara Heritage Series by Brooks) 4. Paul Atretis ("Dune" by Herbert) 5. Duncan Idaho ("Heretics Of Dune" by Herbert) 6. Kate (Taming Of The Shrew) 7. Agatha Troy ("Death In A White Tie" by Marsh) 8. Roderick Alleyn (Ngiao Marsh mysteries) 9. Grianne Omsford ("The Straken" by Brooks) and Wren Omsford ("Elfqueen Of Shannara) 10. Jaqueline Kirby (Elizabeth Peters Mysteries) Whew, that was TOUGH actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblomov Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 In no particular order 1. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 2. Iago - William Shakespeare 3. Nostromo - Josef Conrad 4. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 5. Captain Yossarian - Joseph Heller 6. Orlando - Virginia Woolf 7. Hawkeye - Fenimore Cooper 8. Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain 9. $crooge McDuck - Carl Barks 10.Scarlett O'Hara - Margaret Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~V~ Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Blimey. Tough one Will have to agree with Aslan Also Henry de Tamble has to be in the list surely? Anna, from my favourite book 'Mr God this is Anna' Shall return with seven more. Or maybe not Oh yes, I'm very fond of Lincoln Rhyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathleenMacIver Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Here are some of my favorites: I no particular order: - Elizabeth Bennett (Pride & Prejudice) - Jem (Anne and Gilbert's son, from the Anne of Green Gables series... don't ask my why I love him... I don't know!) - Miach (from Lynn Kurland's Star of the Morning... at least so far. I'm assuming that the next two in the trilogy will complete the character that this book hinted about) - Harold (You guys are going to think this is funny, but this character is a young boy who only appears in the Prologue and Epilogue of Lynn Kurland's "The Tale of Two Swords" novella, found in the To Weave a Web of Magic anthology... but I love him!) - Jason de Piaget (another of Lynn Kurland's characters... he is a side-character in This Is All I Ask, and From this Moment On, but his own love story is told in the novella, To Kiss In The Shadows, which happens to be a RITA winner.) - Miss Marple (Agatha Christie's murder-solving old maid) - The Scarlet Pimpernel (the original hero-in-disguise, from Baronness von Orczy's books) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 In no particular order: Yossarian (Catch-22 by Joseph Heller) Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson) Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll) Alex (A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess) Charles Pooter (Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith) Randle McMurphy (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey) Scout Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee) Ellie Linton (Tomorrow series by John Marsden) Edmond Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas) OK, so not English lit but it was translated into English and I just couldn't leave him out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 1. Elizabeth Bennet - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 1. Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) - Elizabeth Bennett (Pride & Prejudice) Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) Wow! Lizzie's one popular girl, eh? She and Mr. Darcy were very close to being on my own list too - there's an entire swathe of characters now moping on my bookcase, complaining that I didn't choose them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblomov Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Somewhat predictably (and I won't say why so ), Liz Bennett of Pride & Prejudice seems to be the most popular choice thus far with 4 nominations. Personally, I considered her character as weak and indecisive. But what is more interesting for me is that Yossarian of Catch 22 is a close second with 3 mentions. It will be interesting to see WoKK's choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Funnily enough, four of my favourite books are mentioned but the characters I like best are different. In 'Gone With the Wind' I best liked Melanie, in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' I liked the narrator Chief Bromden and in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' I loved Atticus, the Dad. And in 'Winnie the Pooh' it's hard to pick a favourite, but I think mine would be Piglet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiseog Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I've now read too many posts not to be interested but here are my ten, NOT in order: 1. Thursday Next (Jasper Fforde) 2. Judith in Simon Brett's Fethering Mysteries 3. Hercule Poirot 4. Piglet A A Milne 5. Atticus (I agree Poppy) To Kill a Mocking Bird 6. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) 7. Severus Snape(HP) 8. Mrs Weasley (HP) 9. Matthew Bartholomew Susanna Gregory 10. Alex Cross James Paterson Not all English sorry or possibly literature ( and there are two who are in there because in my head they are very gorgeous) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 This has been difficult but here are mine in no particular order:- Sydney Carton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmck Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 I read these and think "Oh RIGHT I forgot about HIM". I agree. Atticus is definitely my favorite character in "To Kill A Mockingbird" but I loved Scout too. And Dickon. How could I forget Dickon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Orchid Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Andrea Marr (Girl - Blake Nelson) Thursday Next (Jasper Fforde) Isabel Dalhousie (Alexander McCall Smith) James Potter (Harry Potter - and don't ask why!) I'm sure more will come to me later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeoff Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 You couldn't get two more different but here goes.Gabriel Oak - Hardy's 'Far from the madding crowd'Frankenstein's monster - Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'I also love Jane Eyre but doesn't everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 ummmm...... 1. Maerad from the Pellinor series 2. Cadvan " " " 3. Hem " " " " 4. Hermione from Harry Potter 5. Ron " " " " 6. Harry " " " " 7. Sabriel from....Sabriel (The Old Kingdom Series) 8. Lyra from His Dark Materials Series 9. The Doctor from the Dr Who books 10. err...ummm....Artemis Fowl from Artemis Fowl lol and....errr....11. Holly Short from Artemis Fowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Found this old thread during a random search - some wonderful mentions already here! This is my list, going from youngest to oldest (based on my assumption of their ages) - 1. Anna, from Mister God, This is Anna 2. William Brown, from the Just William series 3. Henrietta Savernake, from Agatha Christie's The Hollow 4. Jerusha "Judy" Abbot, from Daddy-Long-Legs 5. Sydney Carton, from A Tale of Two Cities 6. Atticus Finch, from To Kill A Mocking Bird 7. Bilbo Baggins, from The Hobbit 8. Galahad Threepwood, from Wodehouse's Blandings books 9. Matthew Cuthbert, from Anne of Green Gables 10. Grandfather, from Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 HAMLET (Hamlet, William Shakespeare) KONSTABLE ELS (Riotous Assembly, Tom Sharpe) HERCULE POIROT (Agatha Christie) MR DARCY (Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen) MR TOM (Goodnight, Mr Tom, Michelle Magorian) MATILDA (Matilda, Roald Dahl) SHERLOCK HOLMES (Sir Arthur Conon Doyle) PIGLET (Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Jane Eyre Atticus Finch (yes, I know he's in American literature, but I cannot mention top characters without mentioning him!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Very difficult but in no order ... Lizzie Bennett (Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen) Thursday Next (from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series) Bertie Wooster (P.G. Wodehouse) Cassandra Mortmain (I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith) Esther Summerson (Bleak House - Charles Dickens) Molly Gibson (Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell) Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling) Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery) Miyuki Woodward (Gold - Dan Rhodes) Peter Grant (Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Nice list poppyshake I had a hard-time choosing between Wooster and Uncle Galahad, but settled for the latter finally, as I do love him, a little bit more ... Cassandra Mortmain (I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith) ... This is a book I really want to read. Edited September 7, 2012 by bree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.