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
