Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 / A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 642 pages

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 is a reference work by E. Cobham Brewer, revised and edited by Marion Harland. It gathers short entries on characters and allusions from literature, drama, and romance. It is useful for discovering the stories behind familiar literary names.

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