Overview
We know the feeling.You're thinking of a novel you read back in high school. You remember the main character's name, but you can't remember what he did that tipped off the action of the book.
"Who was that guy?" you keep asking yourself. "And whom did he kill again?"
Or you're on your way to see someone who loves her Shakespeare, and you just can't remember which Richard was the really bad guy, the II or the III. (It's the III, by the way.)
This book is for those moments. Here, to help you in every literary pinch—those classes, those papers, those impromptu discussions—is an easy-to-use reference. We can't say we've listed every character in literature, but we've come as close as anyone can really hope to get.
Synopsis
We know the feeling.
You're thinking of a novel you read back in high school. You remember the main character's name, but you can't remember what he did that tipped off the action of the book.
"Who was that guy?" you keep asking yourself. "And whom did he kill again?"
Or you're on your way to see someone who loves her Shakespeare, and you just can't remember which Richard was the really bad guy, the II or the III. (It's the III, by the way.)
This book is for those moments. Here, to help you in every literary pinch—those classes, those papers, those impromptu discussions—is an easy-to-use reference. We can't say we've listed every character in literature, but we've come as close as anyone can really hope to get.