Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Volume 3, is a revised American edition of The Reader's Handbook by E. Cobham Brewer, edited by Marion Harland. It gathers short essays on characters from romances, novels and plays, serving as a browsable guide to literary figures and allusions. It is worth hearing for readers exploring imaginative literature.
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Transcriber’s Note A number of typographical errors have been maintained in the current version of this book. They are marked and the corrected text is shown in the popup. A list of these errors is found at the end of this book. The following less-common characters are found in this book: ă (a with breve), ā (a with macron), ĕ (e with breve), ē (e with macron), ĭ (i with breve), ī (i with macron), ŏ (o with breve), ō (o with macron), ŭ (u with breve), ū (u with macron), ♭ (musical flat symbol), ♯ (musical sharp symbol). If they do not display properly, please try changing your font. A transliteration of words printed in Greek letters will pop up with a mouse hover over the word.
HARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA A REVISED AMERICAN EDITION OF THE READER’S HANDBOOK BY THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D. EDITED BY MARION HARLAND VOLUME III Colophon NEW YORK SELMAR HESS PUBLISHER MDCCCXCII Copyright, 1892, by Selmar Hess. PHOTOGRAVURES PRINTED ON THE HESS PRESS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME III. PHOTOGRAVURES AND ETCHINGS. Illustration Artist DEATH OF MINNEHAHA (colored) W. L. Dodge MADAME CHRYSANTHÈME MEPHISTOPHELES AND FAUST A. Jacomin MILLER (THE), HIS SON AND THE ASS Eugène Lejeune NEWCOME (COLONEL) Frederick Barnard OPHELIA Madeleine Lemaire ORPHEUS G. Moreau PECKSNIFF (MR.) Frederick Barnard PENDENNIS (MAJOR) Frederick Barnard WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND TYPOGRAVURES. MACARTHY (LAWRENCE) AND HIS SISTER ELLEN Scanlan MACHEATH WITH LUCY AND POLLY Stuart Newton MAIDEN (THE) AND LOVER Benczur-Gyula MANFRED AND ASTARTE K. Liska MANON LESCAUT (THE BURIAL OF) P. A. J. DagnanBouveret MANRICO AND LEONORA Ferd. Keller MANUEL (DON) DISCOVERS BEATRICE C. Jaeger
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