Darcy’s Number One
Alert Janeites Kirsty and Maureen wrote to tell us about Scotsman.com’s report that Mr. Darcy has topped a poll of readers’ favorite literary hero, beating out Harry Potter.
Fitzwilliam Darcy made his entrance in Jane Austen’s romantic novel Pride and Prejudice, which was published in 1813 and has remained a favourite for almost two hundred years.
The story sees the wealthy, upper-class Mr Darcy overcome his inflated personal pride to marry the spirited Lizzie Bennett, who comes from a far less privileged family.
October 16th, 2005 at 10:26 pm
Well, um, yeah! Harry Potter is great…but beat out Darcy and Jane Austen?! Not a chance.
October 17th, 2005 at 5:48 pm
Well- Harry *is* a pimply teenager getting over his awkward years… besides, he’s horrible with girls, as we’ve seen in books four, five, and six. Mr. Darcy on the other hand… he may be horrible, but in a charming, endearing, sexy sort of way.