The greatest pieces of literature would be nothing without their characters. This could be regarded as an obvious statement, of course stories cannot be made without the people — and sometimes animals ...

Writers have used cars to invent experiences we could never imagine. When a horseless carriage hurtled down the road towards Toad, Ratty and Mole in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows, it ...

When it comes to literature, the past has seen a trend in female narratives being secondary to male ones. As we move further into the 21st century, however, gender distinctions in the female narrative ...

Our favourite character has a rainbow in her personality and wardrobe. With her colourful clothes and her bright personality, she helped bring the wheelchair-ridden and depressed Will out of his shell ...

Most of the time, the untimely death of a book character isn’t cause for celebration — from Tom Robinson and Lennie Smalls to Augustus Waters and Fred Weasley, the death of a beloved fictional ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Hispanófila appears three times a year. The journal accepts essays on any literary, linguistic, or cultural topic dealing with the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter William is a child rebel in stifling suburbia. His instincts are against social climbing, pseudo-intellectualism and the humdrum. He ...

Everyone who enjoys reading, and even those who do not, have a favourite literary character. From childhood staples such as William Brown and Paddington Bear to classic heroes and heroines like ...