Which character in literature would you be?

Every guest on The Book Show (on Sky Arts) is asked this question. There have been various approaches to it. The character who is most like yourself. The character with the most enviable life. The character who is nothing like yourself who you'd like to feel things through for a time.

I've been pondering this for a few weeks now. I've struggled to think of many female characters who I'd like to be, so I'm putting aside gender. Someone else on the show picked this character, but I keep coming back to it.

I would be Arthur Dent from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

He is English, he is often confused, he wears a dressing gown and he gets to travel.