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Including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analogous Popular Appellations Often Referred To in Literature and Conversation
This literary handbook contains about 5,000 entries that provide definitions, explanations, and pronunciations for proper names used for places and characters in English-language fiction. In addition, it also covers nicknames of cities, pseudonyms of authors, characters from mythology, sobriquets applied to famous persons and characters, and more. Explanations and definitions include comments from authors, historians, and other experts.
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By William Adolphus Wheeler. Index. Appendix.
440 Pages. 1-55888-902-7. 1889, reprint 1990. $40.00.
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