The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and many more.
Because he was the first man to attach himself to her. His charm blinded her, and Fanny htought that there could be no more than the boy because he was the first.