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A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Stories involving individual detectives are well-suited to dramatic presentation, resulting in many popular theatre, television, and film characters. The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. [1] Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most
This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]
Name Description Angus imaginary companion of the anchorite St Ungulant in the novel Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: The Bear: from a book of the same name by Raymond Briggs [3] Booby unicorn in the short story The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber: Budo novel Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks [4] Dorothy Spinner's imaginary ...
Series of 23 short stories published in Boys' Life magazine centered around a patrol of Boy Scouts who acquire an abandoned time machine. 1961 Danny Dunn, Time Traveler: Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams: Two teenagers use their professor's time machine to study the history of the United States. 1962 A Wrinkle in Time: Madeleine L'Engle
Lists of LGBT figures in fiction and myth; List of comic book sidekicks; List of fictional Scots; List of fictional demons; List of fictional vampires; List of fictional werewolves; List of fictional characters named "The One" List of imaginary characters in fiction; Lists of horror film characters
Epic poem – a lengthy story of heroic exploits in the form of a poem. Essay - a short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point; Fable – a didactic story, often using animal characters who behave like people. Fantasy – a story about characters that may not be realistic and about events that could not really happen.
English literature: Some Kind of Beautiful (2014) Pierce Brosnan: Dr. Richard Haig: English literature Spider-Man 2: Dylan Baker: Dr. Curtis Connors: physics Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Kathryn Hahn: Dr. Olivia Octavius: physics Still Alice (2014) Julianne Moore: Professor Alice Howland: linguistics Tarzan (1999) Nigel Hawthorne ...