The Garret

you're also forgetting pygmalion & galatea, perhaps the most famous falling-in-love-with-object story there is. there is actually also an incident of that happening in a wuxia story that i've been trying to read. this one falls more into the scenario of little mermaid. guy sees statue, really likes statue, sees girl that looks like statue, falls in love with girl & then proceeds to follow her around everywhere like a puppy-dog. ;)