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* The Gentleman With Thistle-Down Hair in ''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell]]'' explicitly considers handsomeness to be a sign of one's superiority and nobility over everyone else. A large factor in his decision to make Steven Black the King of England was his good looks. Since he's one of the worst of [[The Fair Folk]] this view is not particularly sensible, and it's not evident elsewhere in the books.
* ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'': Lampshaded when [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] Aronnax uses [[Science Marches On|physiognomy to justify]] that a stocky character is a fool and the good – looking man is someone good, but then is subverted when Aronnax thinks again this theory when the good – looking man (Captain Nemo) left him starving with their companions in a cell.
{{quote|''[[Science Marches On|A disciple of such character–judging anatomists as Gratiolet or Engel could have read this man's features like an open book]]. Without hesitation, I identified his dominant qualities—self–confidence, since his head reared like a nobleman's above the arc formed by the lines of his shoulders, and his black eyes gazed with icy assurance; calmness, since his skin, pale rather than ruddy, indicated tranquility of blood; energy, shown by the swiftly knitting muscles of his brow; and finally courage, since his deep breathing denoted tremendous reserves of vitality.''
''I might add that this was a man of great pride, that his calm, firm gaze seemed to reflect thinking on an elevated plane, and that the harmony of his facial expressions and bodily movements resulted in an overall effect of unquestionable candor—according to the findings of physiognomists, those analysts of facial character.''
''[[Is That What They're Calling It Now?|I felt "involuntarily reassured" in his presence]], and this boded well for our interview.'' }}
* In [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Hermetic Millenium|Count to a Trillion]]'', Menelaus watches how this trope plays out after he released some technology that allowed the rich to become more beautiful, not just through the [[Ermine Cape Effect]], but actually. He doesn't approve.
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