Most Popular Characters from Literature
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1.
Hamlet
Shakespeare's most complex character. And that's saying a lot. To act or not? To love or not? To live or not? Wow.
44 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
2.
Don Quixote de la Mancha
This fictional Character lives with in the hearth of the spanish language as a madman who constantly confuses both words: reality and fiction. What is real and what is not is a question this character makes you ask.
21 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
3.
Sherlock Holmes
18 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
4.
David Copperfield
17 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
5.
Winnie the Pooh
Timeless character with simple aims that touches new readers even today.
16 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
6.
Dorothy
14 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
7.
Pip
14 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
8.
Dr. Frankenstein
12 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
9.
Lady Macbeth
She's the man.
11 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
10.
The Grinch
Seuss was an underrated writer who created characters that changed in ways that made us feel better about the world. "A heart two sizes too small" says it all.
10 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
11.
Captain Ahab
10 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
12.
Tom Sawyer
10 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
13.
Quasimodo
9 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
14.
Scrooge
9 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
15.
The Hatter
8 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
16.
Cinderella
8 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
17.
Snow White
8 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
18.
freddy fingers
6 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
19.
Edmund Dantes
5 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
20.
ignatius jones
5 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
21.
Juliet
The most tragic lover (and most ill-timed suicide) in the history of literature.
4 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
22.
Brutus
3 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
23.
Macbeth
3 points - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
24.
Count Dracula
Bram Stoker's creation is timeless. What with the current crop of vampire movies he just goes on and on (just like the undead).
1 point - added 15 years ago by guest -
25.
Dr. Jekyll
1 point - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
26.
Romeo
1 point - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
27.
Huck Finn
Every young boy wishes at some point to have no parental authority, no rules, no expectations. Huck goes from being the ultra-free pal of Tom Sawyer to world-weary wanderer that Twain used to form the greatest novel in American literature.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
28.
Beowulf
-1 point - added 15 years ago by BradHemphill -
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