Tom Petty songs and characters from classic literature may not seem to go together… and maybe they don’t. Lol. But I was inspired to write this post the other day when Marsha from Marsha in the Middle visited my blog on Top Ten Tuesday expecting to see a post about Tom Petty (and it wasn’t). And I thought, hmm. Could I make a bookish Tom Petty post? Well, I was going to try! These may not be perfect but this was definitely a lot of fun. My cousin Brian and Billy both helped me with this, and they also thought it was fun! I hope that you do as well.

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First up, my favorite character from my favorite classic book. (Well, other than Anne Shirley and Anne of Green Gables..)

Jane Eyre and Learning to Fly

And now Anne….

Anne Shirley and Wildflowers

And of course we can’t forget the famous Jane Austen heroine, Elizabeth Bennett…

Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice and I Won’t Back Down

Now, Billy thinks we need to add some male characters to this lineup. This next one is his suggestion and song choice! For this “album cover” I have used an image from an audiobook, since Billy is a huge audiobook listener.

John Willoughby from Sense and Sensibility and Free Falling

And now one we all know and love, Jo March.

Jo March from Little Women and American Girl

We need another guy up on stage – let’s call Atticus Finch on up! His character is such a favorite of mine that Atticus is actually Wyatt’s middle name! (one of them – he has two..)

Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and The Last DJ

And, you know what, let’s add Mr. Darcy too but let’s give him his own album cover at least.

Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and You Don’t Know How It Feels

I would love to hear any suggestions or your comments or any character and song pairings that you can think of! And actually, I am going to make a public Spotify playlist and I will add all songs that are suggested here for a character to it! Don’t worry about a classic book character pairing – I will accept any and all character and song/artist suggestions! I am excited now to see what you all say!