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Opinion“Elizabeth Bennet feels like a dear friend” – What does the Bible say about our attachment to fictional characters?
Author, Ruth Leigh explores why we can form surprisingly deep attachments to fictional characters and people we’ve never met – and what these ‘parasocial’ relationships reveal about our longing to be known. Could our love of books ultimately point us towards the one relationship that can never be one-sided?
