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If You Wanted to Join Match.Com to Meet Girls and You Wanted to Impress Those Girls by Selecting a Username That Cleverly References a Literary Character, You Couldn’t Choose Any of These Because They Are Already Taken.

BY Ian LeBon

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Ahab (see also: Captainahab)
Alyosha
Booradley
Brutus
Buckmulligan
Chuzzlewit
Darcy (see also: Misterdarcy; Mrdarcy)
Gatsby (see also: Thegreatgatsby; Jaygatz)
Heathcliff
Holdencaufield (see also: Holdenc)
Huckleberryfinn (see also: Huckfinn)
Humberthumbert
Iago
Ishmael (see also: Callmeishmael)
Jackburden
Joechristmas
Kinglear
Lewarcher
Majormajor
Nickadams
Oedipus (see also: Oedipamaas)
Othello
Quequeg
Raskolnikov
Rodolphe
Scrooge
Werther (see also: Youngwerther)
Yossarian

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