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Favorite Fictional Characters

Posted on January 16, 2006 by sheila

A revised list, from a post I did a while back. My favorite characters from fiction. I am limiting my choices to just novels – and leaving out such amazing characters as Hamlet, or Stanley Kowalski. Here is how I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tale of Two Cities, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Catch-22, Charlotte's Web, Crime and Punishment, East of Eden, Emily of New Moon, Geek Love, Great Expectations, Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre, L.A. Confidential, Little Women, Moby Dick, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pride and Prejudice, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Brothers Karamazov, The Catcher In the Rye, The Passion, The Shipping News, Ulysses | 43 Comments
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