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Literary Characters - XML
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</code>
<slug>hamlet</slug>
<name>Hamlet</name>
<description>The protagonist of Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet'. Prince of Denmark.</description>
<author>William Shakespeare</author>
<genre>Tragedy</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>Hamlet</work>
<year>1603</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>002</code>
<slug>sherlock-holmes</slug>
<name>Sherlock Holmes</name>
<description>The protagonist of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories. A famous detective.</description>
<author>Arthur Conan Doyle</author>
<genre>Detective Fiction</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>A Study in Scarlet, etc.</work>
<year>1887</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>003</code>
<slug>elizabeth-bennet</slug>
<name>Elizabeth Bennet</name>
<description>The protagonist of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'.</description>
<author>Jane Austen</author>
<genre>Romance Novel</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>Pride and Prejudice</work>
<year>1813</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>004</code>
<slug>don-quixote</slug>
<name>Don Quixote</name>
<description>The protagonist of Cervantes' novel 'Don Quixote'. A visionary knight.</description>
<author>Miguel de Cervantes</author>
<genre>Novel</genre>
<nationality>Spain</nationality>
<work>Don Quixote</work>
<year>1605</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>005</code>
<slug>alice</slug>
<name>Alice</name>
<description>The protagonist of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.</description>
<author>Lewis Carroll</author>
<genre>Children's Literature</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</work>
<year>1865</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>006</code>
<slug>romeo-juliet</slug>
<name>Romeo and Juliet</name>
<description>The protagonists of Shakespeare's tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'.</description>
<author>William Shakespeare</author>
<genre>Tragedy</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>Romeo and Juliet</work>
<year>1597</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>007</code>
<slug>jay-gatsby</slug>
<name>Jay Gatsby</name>
<description>The protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'.</description>
<author>F. Scott Fitzgerald</author>
<genre>Novel</genre>
<nationality>United States</nationality>
<work>The Great Gatsby</work>
<year>1925</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>008</code>
<slug>huckleberry-finn</slug>
<name>Huckleberry Finn</name>
<description>The protagonist of Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.</description>
<author>Mark Twain</author>
<genre>Novel</genre>
<nationality>United States</nationality>
<work>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</work>
<year>1884</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>009</code>
<slug>frodo-baggins</slug>
<name>Frodo Baggins</name>
<description>The protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'. A hobbit.</description>
<author>J.R.R. Tolkien</author>
<genre>Fantasy</genre>
<nationality>England</nationality>
<work>The Lord of the Rings</work>
<year>1954</year>
</item>
<item>
<code>010</code>
<slug>jean-valjean</slug>
<name>Jean Valjean</name>
<description>The protagonist of Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables'.</description>
<author>Victor Hugo</author>
<genre>Novel</genre>
<nationality>France</nationality>
<work>Les Misérables</work>
<year>1862</year>
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