{"id":468,"date":"2008-02-20T18:56:19","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=468"},"modified":"2008-02-20T18:56:19","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T23:56:19","slug":"fictional-heartbreakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"Fictional Heartbreakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We asked staff to tell us which fictional character would most likely have broken their hearts. Our biggest heartbreak was that we didn’t get it up in time for Valentine’s Day!<\/p>\n

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1. Han Solo – Star Wars by George Lucas
\nOK, not so literary since it was a movie novelization, but Harrison Ford
\nor not, this guy was a charmer.
\n2. George Hanson – The Object of My Affection by Stephen McCauley
\n3. Valmont – Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
\n4. Jesse Tuck – Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
\n5. Father Ralph – The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough<\/p>\n

Joby from Book of Joby<\/i> by Mark Ferrari, Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo <\/i>by Alexander Dumas<\/p>\n

Horatio Hornblower because, as Looking Glass so eloquently stated, his life, his love and his lady was the sea.<\/p>\n

First one who comes to mind: The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/p>\n

King Arthur and of course Uncle Sam has!<\/p>\n

Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina and Sgt. Frank Troy in Far From the Madding Crowd<\/p>\n

Frankenstein’s Monster<\/p>\n

Cujo or Old Yeller ( I hate when bad things happen to good dogs!)<\/p>\n

Sherlock Holmes<\/p>\n

Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights<\/i><\/p>\n

Aramis from The Three Musketeers<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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