Literary Crushes

[chonies]

harrietvane said:

chonies said:

I'm obviously very shallow but the most recent Masterpiece Theatre version of Jane Eyre made me want to, once again, accost Edward Rochester and shag him retarded.

I'll totally agree with you there. While the feminist in me knows I should be upset with the character and his shoddy treatment of just about all the women he encounters, the shallower part of my brain just thinks he's hot and brooding. Especially in that miniseries.

Also, I know this isn't an "Embarassing Literary Crushes" thread per se, but I've been rereading my collection of Bill Bryson's travel books, and he's such a good writer and seems like such a nice and funny guy.

And I agree with you on the Bill Bryson warm, chumly affection! He's terribly snarky but seems so genuine and compassionate. An autobiography of sorts came out recently--have you had a chance to poke through it?

The shallow part of my brain is still flushed and unable to focus after that miniseries.

[newdumbblonde]

After having just completed Gaudy Night I find myself rather enamored at the moment with Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey.

Really, quite the perfect man. Highly intelligent, witty, sensitive, wealthy, loves independent minded women and great books, and a snappy dresser to boot.

[Petronella]

Ooh, Lord Peter is a good one.

For many years, I've carried a torch for Charles Main from John Jakes' North and South trilogy. Bad boy grows up to be Dashing Hero with Emotional Baggage who falls for fiesty independent women. Also a cowboy. Catnip for teenage Petronella.

[piscessiren]

chonies said:

I'm obviously very shallow but the most recent Masterpiece Theatre version of Jane Eyre made me want to, once again, accost Edward Rochester and shag him retarded.

Make room for me.

I am liking the adaptation more than the book at this point, but then I'm not really a Bronte fangirl/purist. Put a hot guy in boots on the book cover or DVD Cover and I am there!

[kateln]

foxyepicurean said:

As a teen, I had a raging crush on Gilbert Blythe from the Anne of Green Gables books. He was so smart and funny and sweet. Swoon-worthy in a he-could-actually-be-the-boy-down-the-street kind of way. It didn't hurt that the bloke who played him in the (Canadian? PBS?) miniseries was too darling for words.

Swoon, Gilbert Blythe....

[bklynred]

Count me in on the Blythe love. And since it's what I'm reading now, Jack Reacher of the Lee Child novels. Who knew I would dig angry ex-military dudes who can kill with their bare hands? I also have a sad, "I bet I'm the woman to change him" crush on Dave Robicheaux of the James Lee Burke series.

[Ripley]

I also have a sad, "I bet I'm the woman to change him" crush on Dave Robicheaux of the James Lee Burke series.

Don't feel bad, bklynred. I have that sort of crush on Severus Snape. I'm old enough to know better, and I know that he'd be a total dickhead the next day. But for one dirty magic-fueled, S&M-filled night, I think it would be a hell of a lot of fun.

This post probably tells you all more about me than I'd like you to know.

[dwanollah]

kateln said:

foxyepicurean said:

As a teen, I had a raging crush on Gilbert Blythe from the Anne of Green Gables books. He was so smart and funny and sweet. Swoon-worthy in a he-could-actually-be-the-boy-down-the-street kind of way. It didn't hurt that the bloke who played him in the (Canadian? PBS?) miniseries was too darling for words.

Swoon, Gilbert Blythe....

Ah, Gilbert Blythe and Teddy Kent and Barney Snaith.... Maud sure knew how to write the ideal literary heroes.

I also adore Joe Willard, Betsy Ray's eventual husband in the Betsy-Tacy books.

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smilla said:

Okay, nobody hate me, but before he turns into a rapist, I was quite impressed by Richard Lovelace in Clarissa. Rhetorically, the man was quite smooth. That always gets me.

Revoke my feminist card as well --I love Henry Crawford from Mansfield Park for the same reasons. That mixture of cunning, eloquence and humour is irresistable, especially when it's seasoned with occasional honest self-assessment and realism.

On the other side of the coin, my other major one is Bertie Wooster. He's not that bright, but he's loyal, gregarious, unpretentious, impulsive and tall. You get the feeling he'd make a fun, devoted husband/boyfriend --and the money wouldn't hurt, either .

[monkey]

mutley said:

On the other side of the coin, my other major one is Bertie Wooster. He's not that bright, but he's loyal, gregarious, unpretentious, impulsive and tall. You get the feeling he'd make a fun, devoted husband/boyfriend --and the money wouldn't hurt, either .

Hehehe...if only Bertie weren't so dead-set against matrimony and women in general.

But I do hear where you're coming from. Bertie is the literary character I'd most like to have a drink with.

I have a mild literary crush (nothing to equal my Charles Ryder love) on Stingo from Sophie's Choice.