Who do you prefer of all of the men in Jane Austen's books?
My top 5 would have to be:
1. Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice
2. Mr. Knightly - Emma
3. Colonel Brandon - Sense and Sensibility
4. Edward Ferrars - Sense and Sensibility
5. Mr. Bingley - Pride and Prejudice
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That is a question I have been pondering of late. Honestly it is a tie between Mr.Knightley and Mr.Darcy. I think if it were between Jeremy Northam's Mr.Knightly and Matthew MacFayden's Mr.Darcy, I would have to be Knightley. soooo
1.) Northam's Knightley (Emma)
2.)Macfayden's Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
3.)Rickman's Col.Brandon (Sense and Sensibility)
4.) Miller's Edwars Bertrum (Mansfield Park)
5.) Hind's Capt.Wentworth (Persuasion)
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1. Colonel Brandon
2. Mr. Knightley
3. Mr. Darcy
I know most people love Darcy the best, but for some reason I think Brandon is the most charming of them all!
Knightley
Darcy
Wentworth
Thankfully I read Emma before seeing the movie, and I thought him incredible without any actor connotation. MM's Darcy however has put him up on the list. Only reading Persuasion, Wentworth seems pretty fine. I never was a great fan of Edward Ferrars, I need to read the book again.
In the last two days, I have re-watched the movies of Emma and Pride and Prejudice (2005) and seen Sense and Sensibility for the first time. I have read all three books, but none of her other books.
Mr. Knightly is definitely number 1...I think I love the idea of falling in love with your best friend, plus jeremy northam is FANTASTIC in the part
Mr. Darcy is definitely a close second, but i keep going back and forth between colin firth and matthew mcfadyen...I need to read the book again to see which is a more accurate portrayal.
Hugh Grant was so cute as Edward Ferrars, but I think I may have seen him in too many scum-bag roles to believe him as an innocent, shy gentleman (although I absolutely loved when Emma Thompson broke down in tears when she found out he was not married).
Alan Rickman was a fantastic Brandon, but I need to read that book again because I don't remember much of it.
Jeremy Northam's Knightley for me ~ much more approachable and warm, and probably my favorite Austin man, thanks partly to his superb portrayal. However, I'm a Colonel Brandon fan (Alan Rickman) through and through, haha! Although I have to say, Rupert Penry-Jones in the latest version of 'Persuasion' is truly fabulous as well ~ not to knock the fabulous Ciaran Hinds, whom I also loved.
I have a confession to make ~ even though I have had a pretty good private school education, I shunned Jane Austin for no particular reason, favoring older classics, and it wasn't until Amy Heckerling's "Clueless", Emma Thompson's "Sense and Sensibility", and of course Doug McGrath's flawless "Emma", all coming out around the same time, that I became VERY interested. Now I have three kids who are Austin fans (and fortunately, are profoundly influenced by the mores of those times), mostly for the same reasons ~ and, having seen my son 'lurking' when us girls are watching, chatting, and swooning, and then having him ask for an Austin man's costume for Halloween, I have my reasons to be thankful:
Here's my two cents on men like Austin's heros: The more popular they get, the more modern day women will wish for them. The more we wish and talk and hope for men like them, the more modern day men will pay attention. They seriously want to live up to what we want. They will follow our subtle cues on what is acceptable behavior and what is not. Not to mention that we simply need to raise our sons differently, if we want to see some change.
I think Austin's loudest and most lasting message is how women hold the power of human evolution in their hands. And I believe men are innately interested in what women really want, which of course is 'sovereignty over our own lives'.
1. Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam's version in the movie)
2. Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman's version in the movie)
3. Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth's version in the miniseries)
4. Edward Ferrars (not so much in the book, but Hugh Grant's version)
5. Mr. Bingley
And for honorable mention, I really liked Colonel Fitzwilliam in Pride & Prejudice, he seemed like a very decent sort. Oh, and I actually liked Hugh Laurie's version of Mr. Palmer in Sense & Sensibility. He seemed so rude toward everyone until Marianne fell ill, but then showed great kindness toward Elinor.
1-Wentworth. He cared for his love for seven years without hope of her ever returning his love. And when he finds out that she does he writes her the most beautiful love letter of all time. He is gentle and says the sweetest things when he is with her. After an exhausting walk he makes sure she is on the carriage with his sister and husband. He says that she should take care of the wounded Musgrove girl. The best of men and not even a landed gentry like the other heroes, showing that you don't need to have a title to be a gentleman.
2-Darcy. He was rude to Lizzy once and then she misinterprets all the really nice things he does for her after that as manners vainly keeping his pride in check. Everyone is on Lizzy's side when she tears into him about his behavior but let's not forget that she wasn't exactly correct in anything she laid at his feet. Her family: awful. Jane: too shy to convey her feelings for Mr. Bingley. Mr. Wickham: liar and a cheat. Everything she accused him of he was in the right not her. The way he went about his behavior was correct for the time. He conformed himself to be better then he was. Which by all accounts outside Merriton was amazing.
3-Knightley. My Mr. Knightley. With all the women around him trying their hardest to be matchmaker to every eligible bachelor and maid in the county, he has a clear head which he shows the kind of attention that Emma needs. He knows that she isn't the most perfect person in the world but as he says that because of their flaws they are perfect for each other. But while he was right in rebuking her for the insult of Miss Bates. He continued to do so even after she appeared repentant. And then instead of helping her repair the damage he runs off to his brothers. But all and all a good man.
4-Brandon. He seemed to connected to every facet of the story that made him seem more like a narrator and plot mover to be realistic. But despite everything he really and truly loved the head strong Marianne. Heaven knows why. He was amiable and kind. He deserved better than the woman he loved. But then that's my humble opinion.
5-Bingley. Too nice, too easily persuaded that one thing meant something else entirely. But he is certainly better than Edward Farras. In my opinion Edward was a rake. He fell in love with one pretty girl and she convinced him to enter into a promise of marriage. And then he gets bored with her and chases after someone who he thinks will have money but doesn't and because all the other females in his acquaintance are worse then Elinor he continues to attach himself to her. And then instead of breaking of the secret engagement he threatens to go through with it to get his overbearing female relations off his back. And when that doesn't work well he pleads to Col Brandon for help. And then the chit he was engaged to decides that she wanted his brother after all he goes after the one woman that despite all this would still want him the eldest of the empty headed Dashwood girls. At least Bingley wasn't a rake. Just too nice but then no one else would be perfect for the perfect eldest Bennett girl Jane. And as their father stated they would be the target of every scam and con. But hurray for love anyway!
1) Henry Tilney-I'd take him first, any day, hands down.
2) Captain Wentworth-sigh, that kind of love and devotion and just generally good person, yeah.
I agree about Colonel Fitzwilliam (whoever said that previously), I also thought Charles Musgrove was an interesting character.
Other than that, I have no idea. Frankly I'm not sure Darcy (too uppity) is the type of person that I'd really like, and forget about the cads. Knightly, maybe only because he's so forthright with Emma. Edward Ferrars and Bingley are the kind of guy I'd walk all over. Brandon ok maybe I'd think about him. Edmund Bertram is too boring for me, but I love his relationship with Fanny.
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1) Mr. Knightley - Emma
2) Captain Wentworth - Persuasion
3) Henry Tilney - Northanger Abbey
4) Mr. Darcy - Pride & Prejudice
5) Colonel Brandon - Sense & Sensibility
6) Edward Ferrars - Sense & Sensibility
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John Thornton (played by the beautiful and amazing Richard Armitage) from Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South beats any Austen guy by a long, LONG shot :P
But in saying that, Mr Knightley (Jeremy Northam) comes in a close second. Then Mr Darcy (Colin Firth).
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