EXTRAORDINARY VICTORIANS!

Information about

extraordinary Victorian literary

characters and where to find

cool book trailers!

ALLAN QUATERMAIN

The character Quatermain (not

"Quartermain", a common error) is an

English-born professional big game

hunter and occasional trader in

southern Africa.

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GRIFFIN: THE INVISIBLE MAN

Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to

researching  optics, invents a way to change a

body's refractive index to that of air so that it

absorbs and reflects no light, thus causing the body

to become invisible. He successfully carries out this

procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to

reverse the procedure.

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CAPTAIN NEMO

Nemo is one of the most famous and most mysterious antiheroes in

fiction. The son of an Indian Raja, he is a scientific genius who

roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, which he

designed and built on a deserted island.  He’s the main character in

Jules Verne’s novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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DORIAN GRAY

Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length

portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist who is impressed and infatuated

by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and

he is enthralled by this aristocrat’s hedonistic worldview: that beauty and

sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.

Understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell

his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The

wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied and amoral

experiences while his portrait ages and records every soul-corrupting sin

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MINA HARKER

Mina is probably the most

complex character of the

novel and vies with Dracula

for the central role.

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DR. JEKYLL/MR. HYDEOne might question the extent to which Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are in fact

a single character. Until the end of the novel, the two personas seem

nothing alike—the well-liked, respectable doctor and the hideous, depraved

Hyde are almost opposite in type and personality. Stevenson uses this

marked contrast to make his point: every human being contains opposite

forces within him or her, an alter ego that hides behind one's polite facade.

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Amazon.com.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist of

 Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel ,Frankenstein;

or, The Modern Prometheus. He is

a scientist who, after studying chemical

processes and the decay of living beings,

gains an insight into the creation of life and

gives life to his own creature (often referred

to as Frankenstein's monster, or incorrectly

referred to as simply, "Frankenstein").