Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women · English
Dante guide through paradise
Tom Sawyer's schoolmate in Mark Twain's novel · English
Betsey Trotwood, David Copperfield's fierce but loving great aunt
Loyal village friend in Great Expectations · English · small dogs
The black horse of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel · big dogs
The three novelist sisters of Yorkshire
Wild hearted heroine of Wuthering Heights · English
Rosalind's devoted cousin in As You Like It · Latin
Othello's wife in Shakespeare's tragedy · Greek
Emily Dickinson, the American poet who owned a Newfoundland called Carlo
The lady Don Quixote imagines and adores · Spanish
Sensible elder sister in Sense and Sensibility · English
The matchmaking heroine of Jane Austen
The devoted, tragic girl of Les Miserables
Cool beauty in Dickens's Great Expectations · Latin
Kind narrator of Dickens's Bleak House · Hebrew
The surname of Charlotte Bronte governess heroine
Cosette's mother in Les Miserables
Elizabeth Gaskell, the author of North and South and Cranford
Georgiana Darcy, Mr Darcy's shy younger sister
The Good Witch of the South in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Jilted recluse in Dickens's Great Expectations · English
The heroine of The Scarlet Letter
Steadfast princess in Shakespeare's Cymbeline · Welsh
For the novelists Jane Austen and Jane Eyre
Mrs Jellyby of Bleak House, always busy with faraway causes
Title heroine of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina · Russian
The chestnut coloured dog of Anton Chekhov's short story · Russian
The half wolf mother of White Fang in Jack London's novel
Youngest Bennet sister in Pride and Prejudice · Greek
Dorothea Mackellar, the Australian poet of My Country
The loving mother of the March sisters in Little Women
Spirited heroine of Tolstoy's War and Peace · Russian
Nelly Dean, the housekeeper who tells the story of Wuthering Heights
The tragic figure of Hamlet
The rightful princess of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books
One of Titania's fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream · small dogs
Warm hearted nurse in David Copperfield · English
Tom Sawyer's watchful aunt in Twain's novel · English
The quick witted lawyer of The Merchant of Venice
Mother Wolf, the fierce protector of Mowgli in The Jungle Book
Romeo's first love in Romeo and Juliet
Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty
Gentle cousin in Tolstoy's War and Peace · Russian
Betsey Trotwood, firm aunt in David Copperfield · English
Edith Wharton, the author of The Age of Innocence, and a lifelong dog lover
Virginia Woolf, who wrote a whole book about a spaniel called Flush
Greek commander at Troy in the Iliad · Greek · big dogs
Obsessed whaling captain in Moby Dick · Hebrew · big dogs
Prince Bolkonsky in Tolstoy's War and Peace · Russian
The graceful, scholarly musketeer
The noble eldest of the Three Musketeers
The country lawyer of To Kill a Mockingbird
A singer in Much Ado About Nothing
Honore de Balzac, the French novelist of the Human Comedy · French
A fast, frumious creature of Lewis Carroll's nonsense verse
Noble general in Shakespeare's Macbeth · Scottish
Falstaff's red nosed companion in Henry IV
The carrier in David Copperfield famous for the line Barkis is willin
The quiet clerk in Melville's short story · English
Matsuo Basho, the master of haiku · Japanese
Charles Baudelaire, the French poet of Paris · French
Hilaire Belloc, the poet of cautionary tales
The marooned castaway of Treasure Island who dreams of cheese
Sharp tongued bachelor in Much Ado About Nothing · Latin
Romeo's peacemaking cousin in Romeo and Juliet
The old sea dog who brings the treasure map in Treasure Island
Good natured gentleman in Pride and Prejudice · English
William Blake, poet and painter of Songs of Innocence
Giovanni Boccaccio, the author of The Decameron · Italian
The friendly Munchkin who hosts Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · small dogs
Inspector Bucket, one of the first detectives in English fiction
Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, who wrote about his own dog Luath · Scottish
The Roman poet who wrote of love and of his sweetheart's sparrow · Latin
Spanish author of Don Quixote · Spanish
Medieval poet of The Canterbury Tales · English
Russian playwright and short story writer · Russian
G. K. Chesterton, writer of the Father Brown stories
Samuel Clemens, the real name of Mark Twain · Latin
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Carlo Collodi, the author of Pinocchio · Italian
David Copperfield, the hero of Dickens's most personal novel
Captain Cuttle, the warm hearted old sea captain of Dombey and Son
The bold young Gascon who joins the Three Musketeers
Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe
Meg's little son in Little Women
Artful pickpocket in Dickens's Oliver Twist · English · small dogs
The bumbling constable of Much Ado About Nothing, a perfect name for a dog
Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers · French
The wise fool and singer of Twelfth Night
The jolly, dancing employer of young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Mr Darcy's first name in Pride and Prejudice
Gustave Flaubert, the author of Madame Bovary · French
The Prince of Norway in Hamlet
The host of the green light and the big parties
The brave street boy of Les Miserables
Owen Glendower, the Welsh rebel who could call spirits in Henry IV
Launcelot Gobbo, the clown of The Merchant of Venice
Nikolai Gogol, the Russian author of The Nose · Russian
The kind old counsellor of The Tempest
The Gryphon who dances the Lobster Quadrille in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The fourteenth century Persian poet of Shiraz · Persian
Prince Hal, the madcap prince of Henry IV
The Prince of Denmark in Shakespeare's greatest tragedy
Thomas Hardy, novelist of the Wessex books · English
Hareton Earnshaw, the rough but kind hearted lad of Wuthering Heights
The Hatter of the mad tea party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Jim Hawkins, the young hero of Treasure Island
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter
The brooding foundling of Wuthering Heights
Hamlet's loyal friend in Shakespeare's tragedy · Latin
Harry Percy, the fiery young rebel of Henry IV
Narrator of Herman Melville's Moby Dick · Hebrew
The fearsome beast of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
The formidable lawyer Mr Jaggers in Great Expectations
Franz Kafka, the author of The Metamorphosis · German
English Romantic poet John Keats · English
Omar Khayyam, the Persian poet of the Rubaiyat · Persian
Author of The Jungle Book · English
The Knave of Hearts, accused of stealing the tarts in Wonderland
Steady hero of Jane Austen's novel Emma · English
The comic servant who owns the dog Crab in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Henry Lawson, the Australian writer of bush stories and verse
Edward Lear, the poet of The Owl and the Pussy cat and much nonsense
Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian poet · Italian
Thoughtful landowner in Anna Karenina · Russian
The refined family of Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the American poet, for a dog with long legs · big dogs
A young lover in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Scottish thane who confronts Macbeth · Scottish
Escaped convict benefactor in Great Expectations · English
Stern steward in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night · Italian
The young student who loves Cosette in Les Miserables
Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick · Scottish
Quick witted friend of Romeo in Shakespeare's play · Italian
Ever hopeful friend in David Copperfield · English
The great French playwright of comedies · French
The gentle, kite flying friend of Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield
Sherlock Holmes's clever older brother
Young lover in Shakespeare's As You Like It · Italian
The lovesick Duke of Illyria in Twelfth Night
George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm
The Roman poet of the Metamorphoses · Latin
Banjo Paterson, the Australian poet of Waltzing Matilda
The loyal working dog of Ouida's A Dog of Flanders · Flemish · big dogs
Beloved companion of Achilles in the Iliad · Greek
Genial club founder in Dickens's first novel · English
Orphan hero of Dickens's Great Expectations · English · small dogs
The American writer of ravens and dark tales
The long winded counsellor in Hamlet
The big, hearty, boastful musketeer · big dogs
Aged king of Troy in Homer's Iliad · Greek
Marcel Proust, the author of In Search of Lost Time · French
Pip's pompous uncle in Great Expectations
Russia's best loved national poet · Russian
Harpooner and loyal friend in Moby Dick · English
The wandering knight of Cervantes's novel · Spanish
The great mastiff of John Brown's Rab and his Friends · big dogs
From Rikki Tikki Tavi, the brave mongoose of The Jungle Book · small dogs
Rainer Maria Rilke, the poet of the Duino Elegies · German
Arthur Rimbaud, the young French poet · French
Brooding master of Thornfield in Jane Eyre · English
Miser reformed in Dickens's A Christmas Carol · English
England's most performed playwright · English · big dogs
Augustus Snodgrass, the poet of the Pickwick Club
Tom Snout the tinker, who plays the wall in A Midsummer Night's Dream
The joiner who plays the lion in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Charismatic schoolfellow in David Copperfield · English
Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island · Scottish
Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet and Nobel winner · Bengali
Son of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey · Greek
The Victorian poet laureate
William Makepeace Thackeray, the author of Vanity Fair
Henry David Thoreau, who lived simply by Walden Pond
Kind hero of Austen's Northanger Abbey · English
The brave little Cratchit boy of A Christmas Carol, for a small dog with a big heart
Sir Toby Belch, the merry, mischief making uncle of Twelfth Night
Russian author of War and Peace · Russian
The sweet natured, bumbling Mr Toots of Dombey and Son
The clever court fool of As You Like It
Tommy Traddles, David Copperfield's loyal and cheerful school friend
Squire Trelawney, who funds the voyage in Treasure Island
Anthony Trollope, the author of the Barsetshire novels
Ivan Turgenev, the Russian author who wrote about hunting dogs · Russian
The American humourist of the Mississippi
Jean Valjean, the reformed convict at the heart of Les Miserables
Jules Verne, the author of Around the World in Eighty Days · French
The witty French writer of Candide · French
Cavalry officer in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina · Russian
Sam Weller, the quick witted servant of Mr Pickwick
John Wemmick, the clerk with a tiny castle home in Great Expectations
Naval captain in Jane Austen's Persuasion · English
Walt Whitman, the American poet of Leaves of Grass
Charming rogue in Austen's Pride and Prejudice · English
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and wit · Irish
Dashing suitor in Sense and Sensibility · English
Lake District poet William Wordsworth · English
W. B. Yeats, the great Irish poet · Irish
The king's jester remembered in Hamlet · English