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A character guide
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
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A character guide
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
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A character guide
Salammbô
Gustave Flaubert
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A character guide
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
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A character guide
Sylvie and Bruno
Lewis Carroll
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A character guide
Tales and Stories
Mary Shelley
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A character guide
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
Thomas Hardy
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A character guide
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete
T. (Tobias) Smollett
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A character guide
The Adventures of Roderick Random
T. (Tobias) Smollett
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A character guide
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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