Might it be Gilbert Blythe or Anne Shirley?
I read a fun article on literary crushes by Alison Flood at The Guardian today that mentions Gilbert Blythe from Anne of Green Gables.
Flood describes a petition that was launched in Japan to legalize marriages between humans and cartoon characters. Flood writes, "it made me wonder which fictional character I'd marry, legal niceties
permitting. As a teenager I'd have plumped for any of the Georgette
Heyer heroes (particularly the Earl of Rule), or Jilly Cooper's Rupert
Campbell-Black, or Rhett Butler. Before those days I had quite a crush
on Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables and Laurie from Little Women."
Do you have a fictional crush? If so, who is it? L.M. Montgomery's Gilbert Blythe is surely on my list. And I know from my many years on the Anne of Green Gables Forum that Jonathan Crombie's Gilbert makes many women swoon. We joked for years there about solid chocolate Gilbert dolls.
Reference:
Flood, Alison. (2008, October 30). Who is your literary crush? The Guardian. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/oct/30/literary-crush-alison-flood
Image credit:
Photograph of Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe and Megan Follows as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel © Sullivan Entertainment
Created October 31, 2008. Re-posted online April 19, 2024. Last updated April 19, 2024.
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