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20 Sep 2011, 7:39 pm

I can't be the only one here who loves to read and has come to consider certain literary characters as friends. Who are some of your favorites? A few of mine:

Severus Snape
Thomas Lynley
Barbara Havers
Prior Phillip
Dismas Hardy
Aloyisious Pendergast
Ranger
Lula
Grandma Mazur

I know there are many more, but those are some of my favorites that I can think of off the top of my head. Anyone else care to share?



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20 Sep 2011, 7:45 pm

Robinson Crusoe.



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20 Sep 2011, 7:55 pm

Tyr RuGaard
AuRon the Grey
Hari Seldon
J. R. Isidore
Rick Deckard
Atticus Finch
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20 Sep 2011, 8:07 pm

Willy Wonka, Alice and the Mad Hatter.



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20 Sep 2011, 8:55 pm

Max, Dylan, Iggy (these characters don't have last names), Luna Lovegood.


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20 Sep 2011, 8:57 pm

Makayla, I don't know how I could have forgotten Luna - she is my namesake!



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20 Sep 2011, 9:01 pm

lunaloo wrote:
Makayla, I don't know how I could have forgotten Luna - she is my namesake!


I was wondering why you didn't mention her... :chin:


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20 Sep 2011, 10:20 pm

I have a few favorite literary characters. In no particular order:

Sherlock Holmes
Joe Pike (from the series of novels by Robert Crais)
Jack Reacher (from the series of novels by Lee Child)
Kay Scarpetta (from the series of novels by Patricia Cornwell)
Joe Trona (from the novel Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker)
Sonja Blue (from the series of novels by Nancy Collins)
John Rain (from the series of novels by Barry Eisler)

lunaloo wrote:
Aloyisious Pendergast


It's interesting you mention him. I found the books by searching for the character, which is probably a little backwards. I did a search for fictional detectives and Pendergast's name stood out (obviously!) so I read his bio. That got me interested enough to read the first book, which I thought was very good. I hope to read the rest of the novels in the series sometime soon.



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20 Sep 2011, 10:22 pm

Sherlock Holmes is a cool character too.



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20 Sep 2011, 10:54 pm

Tom Joad - The Grapes of Wrath
Dean Moriarty - On the Road



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21 Sep 2011, 12:37 am

Some of mine are:

Harry Potter:
Anne Shirley(anne of green gables)
Marilla and Mathew Cuthbert(Also from anne of green gables)

Can't think of anymore at the moment.



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21 Sep 2011, 2:41 am

Scout Finch.
Charlotte of web fame.
Eeyore and Piglet.
Matilda.
Lyra Silvertongue.
George of the Five.
Jo March.
Marianne of the Dreams.
Horton. (He hatched an egg).
Puck.
Gandalf.
The Raven.
The Tortoise.
The Mad Hatter.
Mayweed, Boswell, and Tryfan of Duncton Wood.

Plus many mythological and religious characters, tooo numerous to mention.