Famous characters?

[ladyofastolat]

I just saw a reference to someone who is "undoubtedly the most famous character in literature." Who do you reckon they were talking about?

Comments

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I was going to say Sherlock Holmes, too.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

And me.

Though, like Robin Hood and King Arthur, these days Holmes is regarded as more a mythological than Literary character.