Dictionary of Literary Characters ([New] ed)

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.