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Author Manguel, Alberto, author, illustrator.

Title Fabulous monsters : Dracula, Alice, Superman, and other literary friends / Alberto Manguel ; with illustrations by the author.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  028.8 MANGUEL    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  808.3 MANGUEL    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet's mother, and Dr. Frankenstein's maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel's own "doodles" complete this delightful and magical book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228).
Contents Preface -- Monsieur Bovary -- Little Red Riding Hood -- Dracula -- Alice -- Faust -- Gertrude -- Superman -- Don Juan -- Lilith -- The Wandering Jew -- Sleeping Beauty -- Phoebe -- Hsing-chen -- Jim -- The Chimera -- Robinson Crusoe -- Queegueg -- Tyrant Banderas -- Cide Hamete Benegeli -- Job -- Quasimodo -- Casaubon -- Satan -- The Hippogriff -- Captain Nemo -- Frankenstein's Monster -- Sandy -- Jonah -- Dona Emilia -- The Wendigo -- Heidi's grandfather -- Clever Elsie -- Long John Silver -- Karagöz and Hacivat -- Émile -- Sinbad -- Wakefield.
Subject Manguel, Alberto -- Books and reading.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Books and reading.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Manguel, Alberto. (OCoLC)fst00049701
Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
Characters and characteristics in literature. (OCoLC)fst00852295
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Essays.
Added Title Essays. Selections
ISBN 9780300247381 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0300247389 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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