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Book Anatomy · Lens

Lens: Cast and presence map Count

Character, lens B1, B2. One line per book. Open a book for the full lens with charts and cited lines.

BookGenreResult
Treasure IslandThriller and adventureLead Jim Hawkins; 14 main characters
The Thirty-Nine StepsThriller and adventureLead Richard Hannay; 14 main characters
The Prisoner of ZendaThriller and adventureLead Rudolf Rassendyll; 14 main characters
Around the World in Eighty DaysThriller and adventureLead Phileas Fogg; 14 main characters
King Solomon's MinesThriller and adventureLead Allan Quatermain; 13 main characters
The Hound of the BaskervillesCrime and mysteryLead Sherlock Holmes; 14 main characters
A Study in ScarletCrime and mysteryLead Sherlock Holmes; 14 main characters
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCrime and mysteryLead Sherlock Holmes; 14 main characters
The MoonstoneCrime and mysteryLead Franklin Blake; 14 main characters
The Woman in WhiteCrime and mysteryLead Walter Hartright; 14 main characters
Pride and PrejudiceRomanceLead Elizabeth Bennet; 14 main characters
PersuasionRomanceLead Anne Elliot; 14 main characters
EmmaRomanceLead Emma Woodhouse; 14 main characters
Jane EyreRomanceLead Jane Eyre; 14 main characters
DraculaGothic and horrorLead Jonathan Harker; 10 main characters
FrankensteinGothic and horrorLead Victor Frankenstein; 14 main characters
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeGothic and horrorLead Mr. Utterson; 9 main characters
The Picture of Dorian GrayGothic and horrorLead Dorian Gray; 13 main characters
Wuthering HeightsGothic and horrorLead Catherine Earnshaw / Catherine Linton (young); 14 main characters
The Turn of the ScrewGothic and horrorLead The Governess; 6 main characters
The Time MachineScience fictionLead Time Traveller; 13 main characters
The War of the WorldsScience fictionLead The Narrator; 10 main characters
The Invisible ManScience fictionLead Griffin; 14 main characters
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandFantasy and children'sLead Alice; 14 main characters
The Wonderful Wizard of OzFantasy and children'sLead Dorothy; 14 main characters
The Secret GardenFantasy and children'sLead Mary Lennox; 11 main characters
The Wind in the WillowsFantasy and children'sLead Toad; 7 main characters
Great ExpectationsLiteraryLead Pip; 14 main characters
A Christmas CarolLiteraryLead Ebenezer Scrooge; 14 main characters
The Great GatsbyLiteraryLead Jay Gatsby; 14 main characters
Heart of DarknessLiteraryLead Marlow; 12 main characters
KidnappedThriller and adventureLead David Balfour; 14 main characters
The Count of Monte CristoThriller and adventureLead Edmond Dantès; 14 main characters
The Three MusketeersThriller and adventureLead D'Artagnan; 14 main characters
The Riddle of the SandsThriller and adventureLead Carruthers; 10 main characters
The Scarlet PimpernelThriller and adventureLead Sir Percy Blakeney; 14 main characters
The Lost WorldThriller and adventureLead Edward Dunn Malone; 12 main characters
Captain BloodThriller and adventureLead Peter Blood; 14 main characters
Lady Audley's SecretCrime and mysteryLead Robert Audley; 14 main characters
The Murders in the Rue MorgueCrime and mysteryLead C. Auguste Dupin; 8 main characters
The Innocence of Father BrownCrime and mysteryLead Father Brown; 14 main characters
The Big Bow MysteryCrime and mysteryLead Tom Mortlake; 12 main characters
The Leavenworth CaseCrime and mysteryLead Everett Raymond; 12 main characters
The Red Thumb MarkCrime and mysteryLead Dr. Jervis; 14 main characters
The Amateur CracksmanCrime and mysteryLead A. J. Raffles; 14 main characters
The Secret AgentCrime and mysteryLead Mr Verloc; 12 main characters
Sense and SensibilityRomanceLead Elinor Dashwood; 14 main characters
North and SouthRomanceLead Margaret Hale; 14 main characters
Far from the Madding CrowdRomanceLead Gabriel Oak; 14 main characters
The Enchanted AprilRomanceLead Mrs. Wilkins; 9 main characters
The SheikRomanceLead Ahmed Ben Hassan; 12 main characters
Daddy Long LegsRomanceLead Jerusha Abbott; 10 main characters
CarmillaGothic and horrorLead Laura; 10 main characters
The Castle of OtrantoGothic and horrorLead Manfred; 10 main characters
The Phantom of the OperaGothic and horrorLead Christine Daae; 14 main characters
The Great God PanGothic and horrorLead Villiers; 13 main characters
The Yellow WallpaperGothic and horrorLead The narrator; 3 main characters
The Call of CthulhuGothic and horrorLead Francis Wayland Thurston; 8 main characters
The Island of Doctor MoreauScience fictionLead Edward Prendick; 11 main characters
Journey to the Centre of the EarthScience fictionLead Harry; 8 main characters
A Princess of MarsScience fictionLead John Carter; 14 main characters
HerlandScience fictionLead Vandyck Jennings; 9 main characters
FlatlandScience fictionLead Square; 10 main characters
ErewhonScience fictionLead The Narrator; 13 main characters
The Last ManScience fictionLead Lionel Verney; 14 main characters
Through the Looking GlassFantasy and children'sLead Alice; 14 main characters
A Little PrincessFantasy and children'sLead Sara Crewe; 14 main characters
The Jungle BookFantasy and children'sLead Mowgli; 14 main characters
Five Children and ItFantasy and children'sLead Robert; 14 main characters
The Railway ChildrenFantasy and children'sLead Roberta; 14 main characters
The Princess and the GoblinFantasy and children'sLead Irene; 12 main characters
Peter and WendyFantasy and children'sLead Peter Pan; 14 main characters
The Worm OuroborosFantasy and children'sLead Lord Juss; 14 main characters
Anne of Green GablesFantasy and children'sLead Anne Shirley; 14 main characters
Black BeautyFantasy and children'sLead Black Beauty; 14 main characters
MiddlemarchLiteraryLead Dorothea Brooke; 14 main characters
Tess of the d'UrbervillesLiteraryLead Tess Durbeyfield; 14 main characters
Mrs DallowayLiteraryLead Clarissa Dalloway; 13 main characters
To the LighthouseLiteraryLead Lily Briscoe; 14 main characters
Anna KareninaLiteraryLead Konstantin Levin; 14 main characters
Crime and PunishmentLiteraryLead Raskolnikov; 14 main characters
Madame BovaryLiteraryLead Emma Bovary; 14 main characters
The Age of InnocenceLiteraryLead Newland Archer; 14 main characters
Silas MarnerLiteraryLead Silas Marner; 14 main characters
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiteraryLead Huckleberry Finn; 14 main characters
HamletPlaysLead Hamlet; 13 main characters
MacbethPlaysLead Macbeth; 12 main characters
Romeo and JulietPlaysLead Romeo; 14 main characters
OthelloPlaysLead Othello; 11 main characters
A Midsummer Night's DreamPlaysLead Puck; 14 main characters
Twelfth NightPlaysLead Viola; 14 main characters
Doctor FaustusPlaysLead Faustus; 12 main characters
The Importance of Being EarnestPlaysLead Jack Worthing; 9 main characters
A Doll's HousePlaysLead Nora; 5 main characters
Hedda GablerPlaysLead Hedda Gabler Tesman; 10 main characters
PygmalionPlaysLead Eliza Doolittle; 9 main characters
The School for ScandalPlaysLead Charles Surface; 13 main characters
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