For me, if Emily were my favorite set of books, it would be because of Emily. Because I bought into the wishful thinking that created her character. Pat of Silver Bush was my favorite, I think, because of Pat's generally stubborn and blind loyalty to whatever she had decided was hers. I saw it in much more flattering terms back then, but that's what it comes down to. I remember when I first read Anne of Green Gables, I read it seven times in a week; but I think that I'd assimilated Anne sufficiently after that and didn't need much else from her.