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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

by Rev. E. Cobham Brewer
(1810–1897)


  • A'RON
  • Aaron
  • Aaz'iz
  • Abad'don
  • Ab'aris
  • Abbad'ona
  • Abberville
  • Abbot
  • Abdal-azis
  • Ab'dalaz'iz
  • Abdal'dar
  • Abdalla
  • Abdallah el Hadgi
  • Abdals
  • Ab'diel
  • Abelard and Eloise
  • Abensberg
  • Abes'sa
  • Abigail
  • Abney
  • Abon Hassan
  • Abou Ben Adhem
  • Abra
  • Ab'radas
  • Abroc'omas
  • Ab'salom
  • Ab'solon
  • Absolute
  • Absyrtus
  • Abu'dah
  • Acade'mus
  • Acas'to
  • Aces'tes
  • Achates
  • Acris'ius
  • Actae'on
  • Acte'a
  • Actors and Actresses
  • Ad, Ad'ites
  • A'dah
  • Adam
  • Adam Bell
  • Adamastor
  • Adam'ida
  • Adams
  • Ad'dison of the North
  • Adelaide
  • Adelaide Fisher
  • Adelaide Yates
  • Adeline
  • Ad'emar or Adema'ro
  • Adic'ia
  • Adie of Aikenshaw
  • Adme'tus
  • Ad'mirable
  • Adolf
  • Ad'ona
  • Adonai
  • Adonais
  • A'donbec el Hakim
  • Ado'nis
  • Adoniram Penn
  • Ad'oram
  • Adosinda
  • Adram'elech
  • Adraste'
  • Adrian'a
  • Adria'no de Arma'do
  • Ad'riel
  • Adrienne Lecouvreur
  • AE'acus
  • Aege'on
  • Aemylia
  • Aemil'ia
  • Aene'as
  • Aene'id
  • Ae'olus
  • Aescula'pius
  • Ae'son
  • Æsop
  • Afer
  • African Magician
  • Af'rit or Afree
  • Agag
  • Agamemnon
  • Agandecca
  • Aganip'pe
  • Ag'ape
  • Agapi'da
  • Agast'ya
  • Ag'atha
  • Agath'ocles
  • Agathon
  • Agdistes
  • Agdistis
  • Aged
  • Ag'elastes
  • Agesila'us
  • A'gib
  • Agitator
  • Aglae
  • Agnei'a
  • Ag'nes
  • Agnes
  • Agraman'te
  • Agrawain
  • Agrica'ne
  • Agricola Fusilier
  • Ag'rios
  • Agrippina
  • Agripy'na or Ag'ripyne
  • Ague-cheek
  • A'haback and Des'ra
  • Ahasue'rus
  • Aher'man and Ar'gen
  • Ah'med
  • Aholiba'mah
  • Ah'riman or Ahrima'nes
  • Aikwood
  • Aimee
  • Aim'well
  • Aircastle
  • Air'lie
  • Airy
  • A'jax
  • A'jax Tel'amon
  • Ajut and Anningait
  • Ala'ciel
  • Aladdin
  • Al'adine
  • Alaff
  • Alain
  • Alar'con
  • Alaric Cottin
  • Alas'co
  • Alas'nam
  • Alas'tor
  • Al'ban
  • Al'berick of Mortemar
  • Albert
  • Albert of Gei'erstein
  • Albertaz'zo
  • Albia'zar
  • Al'bion
  • Albo'rak
  • Albuma'zar
  • Al'chemist
  • Alcib'ades
  • Alcibi'ades' Tables
  • Alci'des
  • Alci'na
  • Al'ciphron
  • Alcme'na
  • Alcofri'bas
  • Al'colomb
  • Alcy'on
  • Alcy'one
  • Aldabel'la
  • Alden
  • Aldiborontephoscophornio
  • Al'diger
  • Al'dine
  • Al'dingar
  • Aldo
  • Aldrick
  • Aldrovand
  • Aldus
  • Alea
  • Alec'tryon
  • Alec Yeaton
  • Ale'ria
  • Ale'thes
  • Alexander Patoff
  • Alex. Walton
  • Alexander the Great
  • Alexan'dra
  • Alex'is
  • Alfa'der
  • Alfonso
  • Alfred as a Gleeman
  • Algarsife
  • Al'i
  • Ali Baba
  • Al'ice
  • Alichi'no
  • Alicia
  • Alick
  • Alifan'faron
  • Alin'da
  • Aliprando
  • Al'iris
  • Alisaunder
  • Al'ison
  • Al'ken
  • All's Well that Ends Well
  • All the Talents
  • Allan
  • Allan-a-Dale
  • Allan Quartermain
  • Alle'gre
  • Allen
  • All-Fair
  • All'it
  • Allnut
  • Allworth
  • All'worthy
  • Alma
  • Almansor
  • Almanzor
  • Almavi'va
  • Alme'ria
  • Almes'bury
  • Almey'da
  • Almirods
  • Alnas'char
  • Aloa'din
  • Alon'so
  • Alonzo
  • Alonzo Fernandez de Avellaneda
  • Alp
  • Alphe'us
  • Alphon'so
  • Alqui'fe
  • Alrinach
  • Alscrip
  • Al'tamont
  • Altascar
  • Altemera
  • Althaea's Brand
  • Althe'a
  • Altheetar
  • Altisido'ra
  • Al'ton
  • Al'ton Locke
  • Alvira Roberts
  • Alzir'do
  • Am'adis of Gaul
  • Ama'dis of Greece
  • Amai'mon
  • Amal'ahta
  • Amalthae'a
  • Amalthe'a
  • Amanda
  • Amaran'ta
  • Am'aranth
  • Amaril'lis
  • Amaryllis
  • Am'asisi
  • Amateur
  • Amaurots
  • Ama'via
  • Amazo'na
  • Amazons
  • Amber
  • Am'brose
  • Ame'lia
  • Amelot
  • Am'giad
  • Am'yas
  • Ami'das
  • Am'iel
  • A'min
  • Am'ine
  • Am'ine
  • Amin'tor
  • Amis the Priest
  • Am'let
  • Ammo'nian Horn
  • Am'mon's Son
  • A'mon's Son
  • Am'oret
  • Amoret'ta
  • Amour'y
  • Am'phibal
  • Amphi'on
  • Amphis-baena
  • Amphitryon
  • Amrah
  • Am'ri
  • Amun'deville
  • Am'urath III
  • Amusements of Kings
  • Amy March
  • Amy Wentworth
  • Amyn'tas
  • Amyn'tor
  • A'mys
  • Amytis
  • Anacharsis
  • Anachronisms
  • Anac'reon
  • Anacreon Moore
  • Anagnus
  • Anagrams
  • A'nah
  • Anak of Publishers
  • An'akim
  • Anamnes'tes
  • Anani'as
  • Anarchus
  • Anasta'sius
  • Anastasius Grün
  • Anasterax
  • An'cho
  • Ancient Mariner
  • An'derson
  • André
  • Andre'os
  • Andrew
  • Andrews
  • Androclus and the Lion
  • Andromache
  • Andromeda
  • Androni'ca
  • Androni'cus
  • Androph'ilus
  • Andy
  • Aneal
  • Angela Messenger
  • Angel'ica
  • Angeli'na
  • An'gelo
  • Angels
  • Anger ... the Alphabet
  • Angioli'na
  • Anglan'te's Lord
  • An'glides
  • An'guisant
  • Angule
  • Angurva'del
  • Anice
  • Animula
  • Anjou
  • Ann
  • Anna
  • An'nabel
  • Annabel Lee
  • Anna Pastorius
  • An'naple
  • Anne
  • Anne Catherick
  • Anne Douglas
  • Annette
  • Annette and Lublin
  • Annie Kilburn
  • An'nie Lau'rie
  • An'nie Win'nie
  • Annir
  • An'nophel
  • Anselm
  • Anselme
  • Anselmo
  • An'ster
  • Anstiss Dolbeare
  • Antae'os
  • Ante'nor
  • Anthea
  • Anthi'a
  • Anthonio
  • An'thony
  • Antid'ius
  • Antig'one
  • Antig'onus
  • Antin'ous
  • Anti'ochus
  • Anti'ope
  • Antiph'olus
  • Anton
  • Anto'nio
  • Antonomas'ia
  • Antony
  • An'tony and Cæsar
  • Anvil
  • Aodh
  • Ape
  • Apel'les and the Cobbler
  • Apeman'tus
  • Apic'ius
  • Apollo
  • Apoll'yon
  • Apostle
  • Apostolic Fathers
  • Ap'petizer
  • Aquarius, Sagittarius
  • A'quilant
  • A'quiline
  • Aquin'ian Sage

 



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