Literary Figures Who Deserve a Slap.
dreamdaisy
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I've been sat here watching Pride and Prejudice (the version with Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen) wishing I could give Mrs Bennet a resounding slap. Another Jane Austen character to whom I would administer the same treatment is Emma's father, the self-centred, pathetic, mewling hypochondriac. This has set me thinking. Dickens created a fair few who irk, peeve and annoy, as did Eliot and Hardy. Do you have any candidates? DD
Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
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[Plot spoiler for The Woodlanders]
I know Giles Winterborne is the hero of Hardy's 'The Woodlanders', but I feel he deserves not only a slap, but a good shake when he insists on sleeping outside in the rain, because it's 'not done' to be in the same house as his unworthy ex-girlfriend. Of course he gets his comeuppance for being such an idiot and dies.
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Ooooh, nice one Megrose. When far younger I was irritated by Noddy and Toad, the former for being such a goody-two-shoes and the latter for being a twerp. In my teens the cast was endless and now, well, I don't know - too many candidates perhaps? Maybe our tempers shorten as we age? I think one of the greater skillls of a writer is the ability to create a loathsome character - Obadiah Slope springs to mind. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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I always detested wet women such as David Copperfield's beloved Dora. Not so much a slap as a good shake.
As for teenage years - virtually all the 'heros' of my French A-level text books. All they did was agonise.
Noddy You'll have to answer to Mr Plod, you know :roll:If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
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Uriah Heep,Scarlett Ohara.0
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Ooooh, Scarlett O'Hara - good call, Mig, I'd forgotten about her. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Beth in Little Women. Too sodding perfect.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
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