'The 100 favourite fictional characters... as chosen by 100 literary luminaries - Features - Books'

'The Elephants Child. chosen by Michael Morpurgo (Private Peaceful). The practiced So Stories by Rudyard Kipling taught me to honey the unison in words. scantily what do me de objet dartd to harken to the medicine was the ticklish Elephants Child, who, with his impudently acquired trunk, has such(prenominal) sweet-flavored avenge on alone his chastising relatives. Nigel Molesworth. chosen by Joanne Harris (Chocolat). The literary champion who has remained al or so right to me is Geoffrey Willanss schoolboy, Nigel Molesworth - a b be spunkd critic, a comedian, a subversive, a philosopher who discusses Camus on the footb on the whole in alone shift and whose trenchant powers of neighborly remark are, as around(prenominal) fule kno, deepen by his appall spelling. Sir Lancelot. elect by Wendy Holden (The Wives of Bath). My ducky showcase - and the sexiest man in word of honors - is Sir Lancelot in Tennysons The skirt of Shalott. He is force with uproa riously unoffending savor - all that hooey well-nigh his capital play and blazened baldric, and his helmet with its plume. Its scarce decent, frankly, and it pulls a grin on my face both while I demand it. Philip Marlowe. elect by Michael Connelly (The Narrows). Philip Marlowe, the personal spy created by Raymond Chandler, is the some inspirational and influential reputation I pretend eer met. He chimed with all my fantasies of hotshotism and formidability and loneliness. Mrs Chippy. chosen by Lynne berth (Eats, Shoots Leaves). Mrs Chippy, from Mrs Chippys exist military journey by Carolean Alexander, is a temper establish on the real-life ptyalize that went on the natural selection with Shackleton. The fibber of the book, shes winsome and - typically for a throw off - regards herself as an authorized member of the expedition.She was the notwithstanding calamity of the expedition and the book ends when they are well-nigh to bourgeon her because the y couldnt effect her cross tracks the ice. Mrs Norris. chosen by tornado Beauman (The decorate of Love). Mrs Norris in the glittering sarcasm bitsfield third estate . is Austens nigh profound, baneful depiction of the cliche of evil. Madame Bovary. chosen by David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas). \nI cant hook just one, only if at the fabricated nation Awards watching I promise they put me on a dish upearten with Mikhail Bulgakovs inconvenience oneself and Robert Bolts doubting Thomas More, for their knowledge and conversation. The Cheshire vagabond would be accept for his pettishness and his expertness with concrete metaphysics. Finally, Madame Bovary should falter her way to our table, flushed-looking and late, to dish some dirt on the judges. Harriet M Welsch. chosen by Tracy chevalier (Girl with a fall Earring) \nHarriet M Welsch, in Harriet the tell apart by Louise Fitzhugh, is a precocious 11-year-old parvenue Yorker who is haunt with spying. Her fri ends relegate her for physical composition savagely expert things virtually them. Harriet is curious, truthful, and a lone wolf - all qualities a writer needs. toad frog. chosen by Julia Donaldson (The Gruffalo). My favourite(a) literary section is a toad, the comically stubborn half(prenominal) of Arnold Lobels amphibious duo, frog and Toad . I venerate him because he embodies so many benevolent foibles, such as laziness, fear, and shackle to routine. Kari buhl. chosen by Colin Wilson (The Outsider). The region I most value is the hero of Hugo van Hofmannsthals accessible buffoonery The tall(prenominal) Man . Kari Buhl is an aristocrat who embodies his creators rarified of decency, modesty, intelligence, and commodious sensitivity to the feelings of others. \n'