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Describe your favourite literary character

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Thu 18-May-23 15:01:53

Do it in a couple of sentences, but don't tell us the name of the character or the work they appear in.

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Grandmabatty Sun 28-May-23 20:26:32

Romola 'I saw something nasty in the woodshed '🤣

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Lyndylou Sun 28-May-23 20:01:26

Hard drinking policeman wears cheap boots with thin soles. Marries a Duchess.

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NanKate Sun 28-May-23 19:48:56

Richard Hannay - ‘The 39 Steps’ great adventure story.

Yori for his insightful comments in ‘Young Samurai the Way of the Warrior’.

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hollysteers Sun 28-May-23 18:44:14

Two sleuthing bachelors, one plays the violin.

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hollysteers Sun 28-May-23 18:39:55

Namsnanny

*Hollysteers*... Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ?

Right👍Namsnanny

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keepcalmandcavachon Sun 28-May-23 16:44:41

Love affair with 'no one' results in all too brief joy at discovering long lost daughter, before tragic passing.

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MrsKen33 Sun 28-May-23 16:08:20

Flora Poste ( Cold Comfort Farm)

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Romola Sun 28-May-23 15:46:09

Lots of children's books on this thread, but this one isn't:

She goes to stay with distant cousins on their uncomfortable property, but sorts out their situation and finds love.

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Granmarderby10 Sun 28-May-23 13:33:13

Namsnanny is it Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk

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Namsnanny Sun 28-May-23 13:19:42

Namsnanny

Young strong man, wearing badly fitting clothes. Stoic and capable of violent anger.

Thought I'd bump this, and add extra clues,
American, incarcerated for physical violence

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choughdancer Sun 28-May-23 12:17:37

hollysteers

An experiment shows the dark side of human nature.

Frankenstein's Monster?

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choughdancer Sun 28-May-23 12:13:29

MiniMoon

*choughdancer*, Pollyanna?

Reformed criminal brought in by the City leader to revive the failing post office.

No not her!

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Namsnanny Sun 28-May-23 11:55:42

Hollysteers... Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ?

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hollysteers Sun 28-May-23 09:32:25

An experiment shows the dark side of human nature.

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Whitewavemark2 Sun 28-May-23 07:24:21

Arrives as an asylum seeker, and his time as a problem solver.

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Calendargirl Sun 28-May-23 07:16:30

MrsKen33

Young girl leaves her country home to become an apprentice to a post mistress.

Lark Rise To Candleford.

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MrsKen33 Sun 28-May-23 05:41:53

Young girl leaves her country home to become an apprentice to a post mistress.

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biglouis Sun 28-May-23 00:25:29

biglouis is this *Edmund Dantes - from The Count of Monte Christo

Correct. My favorite revenge novel.

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keepcalmandcavachon Sat 27-May-23 23:30:26

Yes Hollysteers (you sound like a kindred spirit)

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hollysteers Sat 27-May-23 22:24:04

keepcalmandcavachon

Orphan with vivid imagination falls for lad who teased her relentlessly about the colour of her plaits.

Anne of Green Gables.

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hollysteers Sat 27-May-23 22:23:05

keepcalmandcavachon

Remains youthful and decadent, but but his likeness shows his sins.
Dorian Grey

Yes👍

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keepcalmandcavachon Sat 27-May-23 22:22:58

Orphan with vivid imagination falls for lad who teased her relentlessly about the colour of her plaits.

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keepcalmandcavachon Sat 27-May-23 22:11:17

Remains youthful and decadent, but but his likeness shows his sins.
Dorian Grey

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hollysteers Sat 27-May-23 21:57:55

Remains youthful and decadent, but but his likeness shows his sins.

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hollysteers Sat 27-May-23 21:47:38

Grandmabatty yes 👍

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