Falling in Love with a Fictional Character
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer
Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.
Persuasion by Jane Austen (Captain Wentworth)
When she was nineteen, Anne Elliot fell in love with a young navy man named Frederick Wentworth. Because of his low status, Anne's family and friends convince her to break off the relationship so she may be free to marry a man more financially stable. Now at twenty-seven, Anne is still single and she still wonders what would have happened is she hadn't broken off her engagement. One day, Frederick Wentworth, now Captain Wentworth, returns to town and is back in Anne's life. However, he isn't happy to see her. Will Anne have a second chance at love with Captain Wentworth, or will the heartbreak they endured keep them apart forever?
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Jay Gatsby)
Newly rich Jay Gatsby tries to recapture the past and win back Daisy Buchanan, his former love, despite the fact she has married.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (James Fraser)
Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to 1743 Scotland, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for a young soldier, James Fraser.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Hermoine Granger)
Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is longing to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard. However, what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester)
In early 19th century England, and orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
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