The detective team of Darcy and Heathcliff
(That might be kind of cool, in a train-wrecky sort of way.)
The Telegraph has an article about a survey of female readers, who say they prefer thrillers to romance novels.
However, today’s survey by Woman & Home magazine found that if women could pick one “desert island” book it would be the romantic classic Pride and Prejudice.
Mr Darcy was also regarded as the sexiest fictional man, beating Heathcliffe (Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights), Rhett Butler (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell) and Mr Rochester (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte).
Hmm. We would not call Heathcliff sexy, exactly. Mr. Rochester has the broody thing going, but Heathcliff is rather…single-minded, shall we say? 
But, some things never change.
If they were to be a character in a book, most women would be Elizabeth Bennett. (sic)
Well, of course.
April 13th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
“The detective team of Darcy and Heathcliff”
I’m a founding member of the League of the Extraordinarily Rochester Obsessed but, last month or so, I had a dream wherein Darcy and I joined forces to fight international terrorism.
And then we were in Les Miserables (yes: the musical, and no: Darcy did not dance). *shrug*
April 13th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
I like the line from Jasper Fforde’s novels about how Heathcliff spent four years in Hollywood making movies under the name Buck Stallion.
But what’s the point of obsessing over a character who’s obsessed with his dead ex? And is a sociopath on top of it? Not conducive to the fangirling IMO.
I had a dream last night that I was on American Idol and was getting ready to sing a Queen song and couldn’t think of one. I can’t sing, mind you, but then neither can the contestants, so I guess it doesn’t matter much. *meow*
April 13th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
I think the dream about Darcy and I did have something to do with some late night readings of The Eyre Affair
*lowers voice* I agree about H. *whistles innocently*
Darcy had super gadgets too- I call him Super Darcy. It seemed so natural at the time…
April 14th, 2006 at 9:55 am
“Darcy had super gadgets too”
Yeah, Baby!!! That’s the Darcy in my dreams!!
April 17th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Super Darcy…or Action Figure Darcy. I swear, if someone came out with an Action Figure Darcy(complete with horse, top hat, etc), they would be sure to make millions. muahahaha.
April 17th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Oh, I’d like one!