British fictional characters--so many wonderful ones!

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How did F. Scott Fitzgerald find his way into a thread on British fictional characters? He was from right down the street from me in my fair U.S. state.
 
I think the OP also invited us to list characters from other countries, so someone brought up Fitzgerald’s works.

I agree there was nothing British about him. He was profoundly Irish-American. Not in the greatest way.
 
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Many of the characters in the Alice books, such as the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the White Knght, the Walrus and the Carpenter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee …
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This former mansion with my late pal Holly in the foreground is in one of the town’s parks and has been converted into flats for the elderly .

One of my SVP visits is to a man who lives in one of the flats .

It is a beautiful building .

At one time it was the home of Alice Liddell, who was Lewis Carroll’s inspiration for the tale Alice In Wonderland .

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Thank you for that! Could you give some more details – was it the home of the Liddell family in Oxford, or is it somewhere else?

BTW, your late pal Holly looks very like my present pal Jack. Same size and shape, but he’s no particular breed. All black with a white “necktie”.
 
Interesting.

Now you’ve tweaked my curiosity.

I will look up Alan Moore’s take on Harry Potter.
 
The British don’t impress with their food, but they enrich the world with words at least.

Did someone mention the Cadfael series of books/shows? I love a lot of British drama, but seemed appropriate as it’s church specific.
 
While the endless-franchise thing bugs me too, I have to wonder a bit where the Harry Potter books will be in 100 years. In USA we had a very successful franchise called “Uncle Wiggily” about a rabbit and his friends. It was just tremendously successful. I would say for its era it was on the order of Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny. But I am willing to bet right now that I couldn’t find 10 people in my city who know who Uncle Wiggily was.

I was just thinking how much it makes me happy that certain series like “Pippi Longstocking” only ran for 3 books so you didn’t have it just going on and on and through endless money-making reboots and such.
 
Well, to be fair, I could live off of fish n chips or Shepherd’s pie. And while not a beer drinker, I like a good British ale from time to time.
 
I do like British sweets like treacle tart, Eton mess, Bakewell tarts, mince pies and bread and butter pudding.
 
BartholomewB said:
Thank you for that! Could you give some more details – was it the home of the Liddell family in Oxford, or is it somewhere else?

BTW, your late pal Holly looks very like my present pal Jack. Same size and shape, but he’s no particular breed. All black with a white “necktie”.
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The home is in Accrington , Lancashire .
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I hope Jack gives you as much love as Holly gave me . 😃
 
Snow White, Cinderella et co - Grimm - German
Nutcracker - German
Little Mermaid et co - Andersen - Scandinavian
I think the German have the most popular fairytale characters in the world. The iconic ones so to speak.
I don’t know why nobody mentioned Jack London here for the American part or maybe I did not notice. Mom introduced me to him and his books when I was around 10 and it is amazing how he could create such characters out of wolves and dogs. When I was reading him I was under the impression he must be huge in USA.
 
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I’m very fond of the Peter Wimsey books!

Random trivia— Dorothy Sayers did a very nice translation of Dante.

And just because this is a Catholic site, I’ll also add in Ronald Knox’s Miles Bredon mysteries— Ronald Knox not only singlehandedly translated the Bible, and did a great translation of The Imitation, and did a great translation of Story of a Soul, but he also wrote mystery novels. 😛 (His were actually more about plot/puzzle than character— but he was awesome. “The Imitation of Christ” – by the author of “The Viaduct Murder”!!!) 😂
 
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My favorite novels are The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and Little Women/Little Men/Jo’s Boys. American writers.

But I do love many of the British characters.

Thanks for mentioning Hyacinth Bucket (pronounces “bouquet!”) I LOVE that series.
 
So many to choose from!
Heathcliff & Cathy
Moll Flanders
Rebecca DeWinter
Little Nell
Jeeves & Worcester
The Wife of Bath
Rupert the Bear (although Paddington has always been my favourite)
Any of the Roald Dahl characters
Jane Eyre
Dorian Gray
 
Grantchester is a character of note - a minister who keeps stumbling on murders and is partnered with a tough non believer of a cop and they some how solve all these crimes. Sidney is my fav. (the minister)

Call the Midwife is the series but could not tell you the best character… Sister Monica Jones ?? Fr Tom or Dr Turner…
 
Ooh I disagree I prefer American IPAs !! I love this thread btw lol
 
I’ve been living in England for nearly 20yrs and not found any of this decent British food you speak of lol… where have they hidden it. In my humble opinion the Brit food is the worst I’ve ever eaten as far as cuisine comes… but then my palate is not refined I am quite simple in my tastes, meat veg and plenty of flavour. Food here is very plain and fatty and stodgy and it does appear as if pepper is the only herb, spice and condiment in existance. Still like I say it is likely I’ve not been to the right places.
 
Where on earth are you eating?! I know it’s not France but I’ve always managed to find somewhere which serves good food and with more than pepper on offer as seasoning.
 
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