Top Ten Tuesday: The assignment this week is to name my favorite literary crushes. I've done this assignment several times. See that list here. Instead, today I will rank all of Jane Austen's available men, from most crush-worthy to least.
These are the men I'm choosing from in my ranking:
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Pride and Prejudice |
Sense and Sensibility |
Northanger Abbey |
Emma |
Mansfield Park |
Persuasion |
Sanditon |
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F. Darcy |
E Ferrars |
H Tilney |
G Knightly |
E. Bertram |
F.Wentworth |
S. Parker |
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C. Bingley |
Willoughby |
J. Thorpe |
Mr. Elton |
H Crawford |
W. Elliot |
Y. Stringer |
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G Wickham |
Col Brandon |
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F Churchill |
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Mr. Collins |
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My ranking (biggest crush to no crush at all):
Top Nine:
1. Fitzwilliam Darcy: He's rich and handsome; he becomes a better man; and saves the day.
2. Captain Frederick Wentworth: His love was true over seven years.
3. Henry Tilney: He stood up to his terrible father at great cost.
4. Col. Brandon: rich, devoted, and selfless.
5. Edward Ferrars: bumbling but sweet; does the right thing in the end.
6. George Knightley: like a big brother until confessions of love.
7. Edmund Bertram: kind to his cousin when his family wasn't; admitted he was wrong.
8. Young Stringer: kind; hard worker; interested in further education (But I'm not sure this character was an actual character in the portion of Sanditon that JA wrote.)
9. Charles Bingley; kind and bumbling but easily swayed by sisters.
Bottom nine:
10. Henry Crawford: I believe he really did love Fanny Price but didn't know how to comport himself.
11. Sidney Parker: Snobbish, yet comes around to being quite charming, before he 'takes one for the team.'
12. Frank Churchill: Not a bad guy, just a guy with a big secret.
13. John Willoughby: I know he truly loved Marianne but had to abandon her for his greater love for money.
14. Mr. Collins: weak and sniveling but not mean.
15. William Elliot: He was after a title and willing to use his cousin to get it.
16. George Wickham: a liar and a cheat, but apparently quite personable.
17. Mr. Elton: mean, thoughtless, and little; held a grudge.
18. John Thorpe: a liar and a cheat, but not personable.
Answers:
Top left to right: 5, 4, 1, 2, 6, 3, 7, 8, 9
Bottom left to right: 14, 10, 18, 11, 13, 16, 17, 12, 15
Lovely twist on the theme this week! I never found Austen's characters particularly swoonworthy myself: I needed more or a bad boy and headed over to North Yorkshire moors and the Brontës!
ReplyDeleteThese are my fictional crushes, some formed years ago, others more recent!
This is fun. :) I haven't read the books but I recognize some of them from the shows. I'm a big fan of Sense and sensibility from emma Thompson.
ReplyDeleteYou had fun with this. I agree with your choices completely.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read much Austen (other than Pride & Prejudice many years ago for school).
ReplyDeleteWhen you get the chance, I hope you can stop by my post and check it out: https://readbakecreate.com/characters-i-would-love-to-have-a-drink-with/
I love this take so much. Here is my posthttps://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2021/08/top-ten-tuesday-book-characters-i-want.html
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a lot of fun with this post!
ReplyDeleteHope you'll visit my TTT list.
I love what you did with your list this week! :)
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I agreed with most of your ranking for the top nine. For me, I would put Captain Wentworth first, then Mr. Darcy. I have not read Sanditon so I can't say much about those two guys.
ReplyDeleteYour bottom nine - they deserve to be there.
Have a lovely day.
Love this twist on the post! I would have struggled between John Thorpe and Mr Collins for bottom place, so your level of detail is very admirable haha. Great list :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, that is a fun twist!! I tweaked the list as well but not as creative as yours :)
ReplyDeleteI do very much enjoy Darcy, Brandon and Wentworth!
ReplyDeleteI love the analytics that went into this! I don't know the Jane Austen characters well enough to agree or disagree with you, but I do remember liking Colin Firth in his role so I am glad to see he ranked well.
ReplyDeleteEven though I haven't read more than a few Austen novels, this post made me laugh. So fun!
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!
This is so fun! Gotta' love a post dedicated to Austen men. :)
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