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Prolius. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare. 

 One of the two gentlemen. 



Proudfute. Fair Maid t,/ Perth, Scott. A bonnet 

 maker. 



Prynne, Hester. Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne. Hero- 

 ine of novel. 



Pumblechook, Uncle. Great Expectations, Dick- 

 ens. A bully and fraud. 



Pynchon, Phoebe. House of the Seven Gables. 

 Hawthorne. Heroine of the novel. 



Quasimodo. Our Lady of Notre Dame, Hugo. A 

 monster. 



Quickly, Mrs. Henry IV., Shakespeare. The famed 

 hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern, in Eastcheap. 



Quilp. Old Curiosity Shop, Dickens. A vicious 

 uwarf. 



Quince, Peter. Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakes- 

 peare. Character in the interlude! 



Random, Roderick. Roderick Random, Smollett. 

 Hero of the novel. 



Rashleigh. Rob Roy, Scott. The villain of the novel. 



Rasselas. Rasselas, Dr. Johnson. Prince of Abys- 

 sinia, hero of the tale. 



Rattler, Jack. Roderick Random, Smollett. A 

 nautical character. 



Ravenswood. The Bride of Lammermoor, Scott. 

 Hero of the novel, lover of Lucy Ashton. 



Rebecca. Ivanhoe, Scott. A lovely Jewess. 



Redgauntlet. Redgauntlet, Scott. Hereof the novel. 



Rob Roy. Rob (toy, Scott. A Scottish chief, hero of 

 the novel. 



Roderigo. Othello, Shakespeare. lago's dupe. 



Romeo. Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. The hero 

 of the play, lover of Juliet. 



Sabrina. Comus, Milton. River nymph. 



Sacripant. Orlando Furioso, Ariosto. King of Cir- 

 cassia, in love with Angelica. 



Saddletree, Bartoline. Heart of Midlothian, Scott. 

 A learned peddler. 



Sancho Panza. Don Quixote, Cervantes. Worthy 

 squire of a worthy master; the right man in the right 

 place. 



Sandford, Harry. Sandford and Merton, Day. Hero 

 of the story. 



Sangrado, Doctor. Gil Bias, Le Sage. A confirmed 

 phlebotomist. 



Scheherezade, Queen. Arabian Nights. The Sul- 

 taness who tells the tales. 



Scrub. The Beaux. Stratagem, Farquhar. A face- 

 tious valet. 



Sedley, Amelia. Vanity Fair, Thackeray. An ami- 

 able woman, but of no great decision. 



Sedley, Joseph. Vanity Fair, Thackeray. A fat, 

 bashful East Indian. 



Setim. llridi: of Abydos, Byron. The hero. 



Shafton, Sir Pitrcie. The Monastery, Scott. A 

 pedantic courtier. 



Shandy, Tristram. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. Hero 

 of the story. 



Sharp, Rebecca. Vanity Fair, Thackeray. The 

 designing heroine. 



Shylock. Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare. A vin- 

 dictive Jew. 



Silvia. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare. In 

 love with Valentine. 



Skimpole, Harold. Bleak House, Dickens. Always 

 out of money. 



Slipslop, Mrs. Joseph Andrews, Fielding. A waiting 

 woman of doubtful character. 



Slop, Doctor. Tristram Shandy, Sterne. An iras- 

 cible physician. 



Sly, Christopher. Taming of the Shrew, Shakes- 

 peare. A drunken tinker. 



Slyme, Chevy. Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens. A 

 " gent short of funds." 



Smyke. Nicholas fJtckleby, Dickens. An ill-used, 

 poor, half-witted pupil of Squeers. 



Sneerwell, L,ady. School for Scandal, Sheridan. A 

 gossip and backbiter. 



Snodgrass, Augustus. Pickwick Papers, Dickens. 

 A poetical character. 



Snow, Lucy. Villette, Charlotte Bronte. The heroine. 



Sparkler, Edinond. Little Dorrit, Dickens. Man 

 of fashion. 



Squeers, Wackford. Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens. 

 The brutal master of Dotheboys Hall. 



Squeers, Master Wackford. In name.. A spoiled 

 child, the image of his father. 



St. I .con. St. Leon, William Godwin. Hero of the 

 tale, has the secret of perpetual youth, and the transmu- 

 tation of metals. 



Steerforth, James. David Copperfleld, Dickenx. 

 Talented and profligate. 



Steggs, Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia. Vicar 

 of Wakejield, Goldsmith. A pretender to gentility. 



Stiggins, Elder. Pickuick Papers, Dickens. Affects 

 pineapple rum and Mrs. Weller. 



Strap, Hugh. Roderick Random, Smollett. Rod- 

 erick's follower. 



Surface, Sir Charles and Joseph. School for Scan- 

 dal, Sherid.an. The first a good-natured rake, the sec- 

 ond a hypocrite. 



Swiveller, Dick. Old Curiosity Shop, Dickens. A 

 gay ratlfepate and a good fellow. 



Tamora. Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare. A Gothic 

 queen. 



Tapley, Mark. Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens. Hap 

 piest when most miserable ; jolly when he ought to cry. 



Tappertit, Simon. Barnaby Rudge, Dickens. A 

 ferocious little apprentice. 



Tartuffe. Tartujfe, Moliere. A hypocritical charac- 

 ter. 



Teazle, Lady. School for Scandal, Sheridan. The 

 heroine. 



Teazle, Sir Peter. School for Scandal, Sheridan. 

 The old husband of Lady Teazle. 



Thersites. Iliad, Homer, and Troilus and Cressida, 

 Shakespeare. A foul-mouthed Greek. 



Th \i a<-k ii m. Tom Jones, Fielding. A philosophical 

 pedagogue. 



Tillemina. The Critic, Sheridan. A maiden very 

 much crossed in love. 



Tiinoii. Timon of Athens, Shakespeare. A misan- 

 thrope, hero of the play. 



Tinto, Dick. The Bride of Lammermoor and St. 

 Ronan's Well, Scott. An artist. 



Titania. Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare. 

 The queen of fairies. 



Titmouse, Tittlebat. Ten Thousand a Year, Dr. 

 Warren. Astonished Parliament by an imitation of 

 Chanticleer. 



Tito. Romola, George Eliot. The handsome, but 

 weak hero. 



Todgers, Mrs. Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens. The 

 keeper of a commercial boarding house. 



Toots. Dombey and Son, Dickens. A simple, eccen- 

 tric fellow. 



Topsy. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mrs. Stowe. An igno- 

 rant young slave girl. 



Touchstone. As You Like It, Shakespeare. A clown. 



Touchwood, Peregrine. St. Ronan's Well, Scott 

 An irascible East Indian. 



Tox, Miss. Dombey and. Son, Dickens. A spinster, 

 slightly curious. 



Traddles, Tom. David Coppcrfiehl, Dickens. A bar- 

 rister and friend of Coppertiefd. 



Trapbois. The Fortunes of Nigel, Scott. A usurer. 



Trim, Corporal, Tristram Shandy, Sterne. The fol- 

 lower of Uncle Toby. 



Trinculo. Tempest, Shakespeare. A jester. 



Triol, Marquis. The Pirate, Scott. A wealthy Zea- 

 lander. 



Trotwood, Betsy. David Copperfield, Dickens. The 

 kindest of women, out with an aversion to trespassing 

 donkeys. 



Trulliber, Parson. Joseph Andrews, Fielding. An 

 ignorant clergyman. 



Trunnion, Commodore Hawser. Peregrine Pickle, 

 Smollett. An odd nautical character. 



Tulkinghorn, Mr. Bleak House, Dickens. A wily 

 solicitor. 



Tulliver, Maggie. Mill on the Floss, George Eliot. 

 The heroine. 



Tulliver, Tom. Mill on the Floss, George Eliot. The 

 selfish, conceited brother of Maggie Tulliver. 



Tupman, Tracy. Pickwick Papers, Dickens. An 

 obese admirer of lovely women. 



Turveydrop. Bleak House, Dickens. Dancing mas- 

 ter and professor of deportment. 



Tusher, Thomas. Henry Esmond, Thackeray. A 

 sycophantic clergyman. 



Twemlow, Mr. Our Mutual Friend, Dickens. A 

 diner-out and friend of the Veneerings. 



Twist, Oliver. Oliver Twist, Dickens. Hero of the 

 novel. 



