Greetings Bookworms,
It’s been a while since I set any fictional characters up on a date, and the time has come. As you recall, the rules for Literary Love Connection are simple. I choose two fictional characters. I send them on a fake date. I watch imaginary sparks fly. Who will join Snaponine, Scarcliff, Minurtagh, and Arigo in the mildly disturbing ranks of my oddball couples? Read on, my friends!
Today’s Bachelor is Jean Valjean from Les Miserables
Today’s Bachelorette is Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter
Date Takes Place In Wooded Area Outside Boston
Jean: Bonjour, Madamoiselle. Your gown is so beautifully embroidered.
Hester: I thank thee. Unfortunately, the embroidery you admire is the evidence of my sin.
Jean: I have tried for years to atone for my sins! I was inspired by the holiest of men to turn my life around. Alas, I was thwarted at every turn by an unfair and antiquated justice system! And this complete jerk of a cop… You seriously would not believe this guy…
Hester: I have tried to atone for my sin by embracing it… Fashionably. After owning up to adultery, why not add vanity to the list? Of course, none of this would be necessary if it weren’t for this Puritanical justice system.
Jean: Was your clergyman as kind and loving as mine?
Hester: In a manner of speaking…
Jean: And your beautiful daughter! This is how a young girl should be raised. You wouldn’t believe how I found my beloved Cossette!
Hester: Found? She’s not the child of your loins?
Jean: No, her mother, Fantine, was a prostitute. I promised to care for the child as my own on her death bed.
Hester: So you’re ammenable to raising children that aren’t yours, and you don’t mind ladies who aren’t, perhaps, the most pure? What do you say we sit side by side in contemplative silence?
Jean: It is my greatest wish!
Quirky Chrissy
This. Is. Fantastic. Well done, Katiebelle.
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Thank you, my dear!
Megan M.
Inspired match as usual, Katie! I saw a very witty poster on Pinterest that says “Javert has 24,601 problems and Jean Valjean is all of them.” LOL Wait, Hester’s daughter was evil? I don’t remember that.
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Okay, I’m DYING about the Javert pin, that’s amazing. And Hester’s daughter wasn’t evil, per se, but unruly enough that the townsfolk thought her scandalous conception and her sinner mother were a bad influence. I just remember my high school English teacher pointing out all sorts of foreshadowing and SYMBOLISM. Maybe I’m just projecting that the daughter was evil because I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaated the book so very much in HS.
Jenny @ Reading the End
Bahahahaha, you’re a genius! They’re perfect for each other, truly a match made in heaven.
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🙂 I thought so 🙂
Jennine G.
The perfect couple. You’ve outdone yourself Katie!
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Thank you m’dear!
Daddio
Well done!
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Thanks Dad.
Melissa
Hilarious. I like the way you think.
Also, I saw your link to me a while back about “potent quotables.” Thanks! And I got that from SNL 🙂
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Man, SNL is the best.
Cornelia
I’ve never heard of this before, but it is so funny – and also, yes! They are totally compatible! Love it.
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Ah yes, I’m pleased you’ve not seen it before as it is my own brain child.
Katie @ Doing Dewey
Perfect! I love this match 🙂
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Thanks!
Lindsey
So funny. Poor Valjean just needs some love in his life!
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LOL, I know, poor guy!