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Literary Characters - JSON
This collection introduces famous characters created throughout the history of world literature who have left a deep impression on readers. It includes timeless characters such as Shakespeare's Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, Cervantes' Don Quixote, and Carroll's Alice.
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[
{
"code": "001",
"slug": "hamlet",
"name": "Hamlet",
"description": "The protagonist of Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet'. Prince of Denmark.",
"author": "William Shakespeare",
"work": "Hamlet",
"year": 1603,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Tragedy"
},
{
"code": "002",
"slug": "sherlock-holmes",
"name": "Sherlock Holmes",
"description": "The protagonist of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories. A famous detective.",
"author": "Arthur Conan Doyle",
"work": "A Study in Scarlet, etc.",
"year": 1887,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Detective Fiction"
},
{
"code": "003",
"slug": "elizabeth-bennet",
"name": "Elizabeth Bennet",
"description": "The protagonist of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'.",
"author": "Jane Austen",
"work": "Pride and Prejudice",
"year": 1813,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Romance Novel"
},
{
"code": "004",
"slug": "don-quixote",
"name": "Don Quixote",
"description": "The protagonist of Cervantes' novel 'Don Quixote'. A visionary knight.",
"author": "Miguel de Cervantes",
"work": "Don Quixote",
"year": 1605,
"nationality": "Spain",
"genre": "Novel"
},
{
"code": "005",
"slug": "alice",
"name": "Alice",
"description": "The protagonist of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.",
"author": "Lewis Carroll",
"work": "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland",
"year": 1865,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Children's Literature"
},
{
"code": "006",
"slug": "romeo-juliet",
"name": "Romeo and Juliet",
"description": "The protagonists of Shakespeare's tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'.",
"author": "William Shakespeare",
"work": "Romeo and Juliet",
"year": 1597,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Tragedy"
},
{
"code": "007",
"slug": "jay-gatsby",
"name": "Jay Gatsby",
"description": "The protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'.",
"author": "F. Scott Fitzgerald",
"work": "The Great Gatsby",
"year": 1925,
"nationality": "United States",
"genre": "Novel"
},
{
"code": "008",
"slug": "huckleberry-finn",
"name": "Huckleberry Finn",
"description": "The protagonist of Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.",
"author": "Mark Twain",
"work": "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn",
"year": 1884,
"nationality": "United States",
"genre": "Novel"
},
{
"code": "009",
"slug": "frodo-baggins",
"name": "Frodo Baggins",
"description": "The protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'. A hobbit.",
"author": "J.R.R. Tolkien",
"work": "The Lord of the Rings",
"year": 1954,
"nationality": "England",
"genre": "Fantasy"
},
{
"code": "010",
"slug": "jean-valjean",
"name": "Jean Valjean",
"description": "The protagonist of Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables'.",
"author": "Victor Hugo",
"work": "Les Misérables",
"year": 1862,
"nationality": "France",
"genre": "Novel"
}
]