Dictionary Of Literary Characters

Product Details

ISBN: 9780550101273
Publisher: Chambers
Publication Date: 15 September 2004
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Pages: 818 p.

About the Book

This new edition of the Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters has been revised and expanded to bring it thoroughly up to date. Over 6,500 entries provide a guide to the wealth of characters created by writers in English - from the Wife of Bath to Bertie Wooster and Tom Sawyer, to Harry Potter.Hundreds of new entries have been added, including characters from these authors and playwrights: Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Tracy Chevalier, J M Coetzee, Jim Crace, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Frayn, Charles Frazier, Mark Haddon, A L Kennedy, Yann Martel, Steven Millhauser, Toni Morrison, Allison Pearson, D B C Pierre, Annie Proulx, Philip Pullman, Tom Stoppard, Donna Tartt and Irvine Welsh.