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Dictionary of Literary Characters, Michael D. Sollars, editor. New York: Facts on File, 2011, 2528 pgs.
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Dictionary of Literary Characters is a stunning, five-volume set containing descriptions of more than 40,000 characters in great literary works from the United States, Britain, and around the world. The wide assortment of characters featured in this comprehensive work are compiled from novels, short stories, and plays—ranging from such ancient classics as Sophocles' Antigone to 21st-century prizewinners such as Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex. No other reference work covers such an extensive assortment of characters from so many different works of literature.
Unsigned Entries by John Cusatis:
Kate Chopin
"The Story of an Hour"
Louise Mallard, 1221
Brently Mallard, 1221
Richards, 1650
Josephine, 1020
Stephen Crane
"The Open Boat"
The Correspondent, 426
The Captain, 306
The Oiler, 1449
The Cook, 417-18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Babylon Revisited"
Charlie Wales, 2035
Honoria Wales, 2035
Marion Peters, 1530
Lincoln Peters, 1530
Lorraine Quarrles, 1607
Ernest Hemingway
"A Clean Well-Lighted Place"
Younger Waiter, 2141
Older Waiter, 1451
The Old Man, 1452
"Hills Like White Elephants"
Jig, 999
The American, 39
"Indian Camp"
The Doctor, 534
Uncle George, 743
Flannery O'Connor,
"Greenleaf"
Mrs. May, 1280
Scofield May, 1280
Wesley May, 1280
Mr. Greenleaf, 801
Mrs. Greenleaf, 801
"Everything That Rises Must Converge"
Julian, 1025
Julian's mother, 1026
"Revelation"
Mary Grace,784
Ruby Turpin, 1973
"The Artificial N****r"
Nelson Head, 879
Mr. Head, 879
O.Henry
"The Gift of the Magi"
Della Young, 2139
Jim Young, 2140
John Updike
"A & P"
Sammy, 1714
Lengel,1132
Queenie, 1608
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