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A character guide
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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A character guide
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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A character guide
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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A character guide
Anna Karenina
Leo, graf Tolstoy and Constance Garnett
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A character guide
Anthem
Ayn Rand
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A character guide
Au Bonheur des Dames
Émile Zola
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A character guide
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
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A character guide
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassant
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A character guide
Billy Budd
Herman Melville
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A character guide
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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