Goodreads asked Paul Burman:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Paul Burman While the tempestous relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' puts them in my top list of favourite fictional couples, along with the wonderfully redemptive relationship between Eppie and Silas Marner in George Eliot's classic of that name, it seems only fair to give the gong to a couple from more recent fiction. But there are so many great couples to choose from! For example, I particularly enjoy the ways in which Audrey Niffenegger explores the (necessarily) ever-changing relationship between Clare and Henry in 'The Time Traveler's Wife' (first meeting when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, but married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry was thirty). However, my favourite fictional couple (today!) can be found in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy ('The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' etc). Lisbeth Sander and Mikael Blomkvist are strong and superbly drawn-characters, who grow into a dynamic, feisty and often unpredictable relationship that generates momentum and drives the various stories forward.

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