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Post by DarknessFish on Dec 2, 2020 13:14:16 GMT
I have to have a think. I just finished Anna Karenina, and I can safely say most of those characters are my least favourite. That train could've arrived much earlier, in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2020 13:17:23 GMT
so I'll have to come back later, maybe. [/div][/quote] Please do.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 2, 2020 13:20:20 GMT
That is such a dull answer Fuck off
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2020 13:27:15 GMT
The Marquise de Merteuil, that exemplary proto-feminist!
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Post by fearlessfreap on Dec 2, 2020 13:28:06 GMT
Molloy from Molloy The blind man with a pistol in the novel of the same name, though he only shows up in the end. Pig Bodine, of course Nick Corey from Pop. 1280
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Post by DarknessFish on Dec 2, 2020 13:30:57 GMT
I'm with fange on Biggles, I think I read every one of those as a kid, though even as a sprog I knew he was deeply nerdy and unfashionable.
I have a terrible memory for fiction, I read quite a bit normally (though strangely, I've slowed down in lockdown), and within a couple of weeks of reading something I've often forgotten much of a novel. There are a few stand-out characters though, Owen Meany, Psmith, Spud from Trainspotting, the Deans in Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole. If real characters from historical fiction are allowed, Camille Desmoulins in Hilary Mantel's A Place of Greater Safety would probably be the standout pick. Such a brilliant character to be fairly despicable as a snide, weedy libertine, yet I admirable in his attitude and the fact that he actually got the job of kick-starting the Revolution done.
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Post by harrispilton on Dec 2, 2020 13:41:03 GMT
Charles Pooter ‘Diary of a Nobody’ . A kind of early Brent/Partridge. Love characters like that.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Dec 2, 2020 13:51:18 GMT
Ray Smith from Kerouac's 'Dharma Bums'. Maybe I'm supposed to say Japhy Ryder, but I didn't find him to be very sympathetic. David Burkett, from Jim Harrison's 'True North'. Nick Adams, etc. The archetypal conflicted manly man, equally at home in the city as he is roughing it in the woods, but somewhat clueless about human relationships.
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Post by osgood on Dec 2, 2020 14:15:07 GMT
Ignatius J. Reilly
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 2, 2020 14:26:16 GMT
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
George and Lenny from Of Mice and Men.
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Post by rayge on Dec 2, 2020 14:51:34 GMT
Charles Pooter ‘Diary of a Nobody’ . A kind of early Brent/Partridge. Love characters like that. One of the great books, but I tended to identify more with Lupin...
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Post by rayge on Dec 2, 2020 14:53:04 GMT
Ray Smith from Kerouac's 'Dharma Bums'. Maybe I'm supposed to say Japhy Ryder, but I didn't find him to be very sympathetic. Nah, you're good, very few would think Gary Snyder more appealing than Whacky Jack
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Post by harrispilton on Dec 2, 2020 15:17:58 GMT
Charles Pooter ‘Diary of a Nobody’ . A kind of early Brent/Partridge. Love characters like that. One of the great books, but I tended to identify more with Lupin... Yes. There’s a 2 hour amended version read by Arthur Lowe on YouTube...which has had me giggling since I last posted.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Dec 2, 2020 15:20:11 GMT
easy one this. Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE. I reckon Flashman would have beaten you up for your haircut alone. i would have fagged for him, much in the same manner as hatz is currently fagging for carlsson as part of his bcb admin duties.
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Post by oleandermedian on Dec 2, 2020 16:37:37 GMT
I like Jaggers from Great Expectations. He’s a shifty old rogue – he’s a lawyer – but he does a lot of good when no-one’s looking. Also:
Justine
Franz Biberkopf
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