Jane Austen is quite possibly one of my literary heroines. I won’t list twenty reasons why, but I will list the men her heroines fall in love with…if you have never read (or watched) any of her stories, I encourage you to do so.

7. Henry Tilney, whose home in Northanger Abbey may be haunted.
6. Captain Frederick Wentworth, once rejected suitor of Anne Elliot, due to the Persuasion of her family.
5 & 4. Edward Ferrars and Colonel Brandon, who marry sisters in Sense and Sensibility.
3. Edmund Bertram, the younger son in Mansfield Park. First great movie quote:

Surely you and I are beyond speaking when words are clearly not enough.

2. George Knightly, an older and wiser friend to Emma. At some point, one of them says:

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. —You hear nothing but truth from me.

and of course,

1. Fitzwilliam Darcy, aka Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice fame. His killer line:

In vain have I struggled. It will never do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.