Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters

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ISBN 10: 0550101276 / ISBN 13: 9780550101273

Published by -, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters
• Publisher: -
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0550101276
• ISBN 13: 9780550101273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This new edition of Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters has been revised and expanded to bring it thoroughly up to date. More than 6,500 entries provide a guide to the wealth of characters created by writers in English ? from the Wife of Bath to Bertie Wooster, from Tom Sawyer to Harry Potter. New features include concise biographies of the authors, entertaining essays on such topics as ?The Detective in Fiction” and ?The Characters of Charles Dickens,” and an appendix of literary awards.

About the Author

This internationally renowned reference publisher continues its celebrated tradition of excellence into the present day with such informative and authoritative works as the Chambers Crossword Dictionary, Chambers Encyclopedia, Chambers Biographical Dictionary and the all-new Chambers Dictionary of Quotations.

Chambers is based in Edinburgh, as it always has been, and employs editors with a wide range of skills on dictionaries and other titles for a variety of users, including students and teachers of English as a foreign or second language. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of titles on grammar and usage, single-volume reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, as well as titles for Scrabble® and crosswords.