I had this idea to make a list of the literary characters I’ve had crushes on throughout my life.
heehee!
Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
Handsome, well-dressed (that smoking jacket!), courteous. OH, and ridiculously intelligent. Musical talent. Always gets the bad guy.
Levin. (from Anna Karenina)
I fell in love with him when I read the extremely long account of him cutting hay with his workers. Loves to work hard, shy, close to nature, a romantic, kind to his wife.
Marius (Les Miserable)
Intelligent (self-taught), brooding, romantic, passionate, writes good love letters.
Ishmael (Moby Dick)
Kind, intelligent, adventurous, accepting of others, an observer.
Strider/Aragorn
I’m still thinking about this one because I only just read the books a while ago. I’m not sure if I like Strider or the King better. They’re both awesome. Stealthy, intelligent, close to nature, strong, kingly.
Almonzo Wilder
Who doesn’t love a pioneer man with a matching team of horses?
I guess there aren’t many modern-day novels/characters…. I suppose I must attribute that to not having read about a certain Edward the Vampire. I doubt, even if I did read those books, I would like him. I don’t do vampires. Regular humans work for me.
Women in books are hard to fall in love with. They rarely seem real. Cossette seemed okay, but I never really was crazy about her. Even the smartest Shakespearean women, like Portia, do some pretty stupid things. Eowyn from the Lord of the Rings books was okay, too.