Top Ten Most Compelling Characters From Literature

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A great novel has compelling characters. That can mean many things. They can be compelling because they are heroic or compelling because they are disgusting. Here is a list of (in my opinion) the Top Ten list of the most compelling characters from literature

10 Nabokov’s Humbert – The professor from Lolita is compelling, if not more than a bit creepy

9 Flaubert’s Madame Bovary – Every ad telling women they can have it all needs to be followed by an ad for Madame Bovary

8 Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin – The verse-novel of this title character is the ultimate sorry, not sorry tale (or is it not sorry, sorry?)

7 Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes – His credentials have been given a boost recently by the excellent BBC show

6 Tolstoy’s Count Pierre Bezukhov – He goes through so much to finally get the girl of his dreams

5 Shakespeare’s Hamlet – Compelling, or not compelling? That’s not even a question!

4 Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby – Rich and handsome, so what that he’s a bootlegger and a crook?

3 Joyce’s Leopold Bloom – How many other people in books have their own day named after them?

2 Lee’s Atticus Finch – Maybe the most beloved character in all of American literature

1 Hugo’s Jean Valjean – Talk about your full character arcs, Valjean has been through it all

This is my list, and it’s just my opinion. I’d love to hear what you think. What would your top ten be like? Tell me in the Comment section below. And please like and share this article with other bookworms