Goodreads asked Curtis Bausse:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Curtis Bausse Many possible answers here, depending how far one stretches the notion of couple (Holmes and Watson? Wooster and Jeeves? Christopher Robin and Pooh?), but if one restricts it to the conventional idea, the Underwoods in House of Cards would be well placed (and of course their precursors, the Macbeths). That would be favourite in the sense of having a powerful dynamic - obviously not likeable. For that I might turn to Oscar and Lucinda in Peter Carey's book of the same name. Not just for the eccentricity which lies at the heart of their appeal as individuals, but for the way they're depicted as equals at a time when men and women weren't. As a couple, they're more than the sum of two parts. Superb.

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