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A character guide
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Ward Radcliffe
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A character guide
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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A character guide
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
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A character guide
The Reign of Greed
José Rizal and Charles E. (Charles Edward) Derbyshire
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A character guide
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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A character guide
The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel
Anonymous
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A character guide
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne and A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout) Anthony and Mary Hallock Foote and Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen
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A character guide
The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
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A character guide
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A character guide
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
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