Characters in Literature

Stereotypical Asiatic arch-villain created by English writer, Sax Rohmer. First appeared in 1912 in a serialisation.

Highly intelligent, British private investigator in the Edgar Wallace crime novel 'The Crimson Circle'. Published 1922.

Highly intelligent, French investigator (though not for a living). Does if for a hobby. Not as egotistical, cynical or misanthropic as Mister Holmes... and just said 'No' to drugs.

He solved the mystery of 'The Red-Headed League' in August, 1891 and the mystery of the 'Six Napoleons' in May, 1904. He only ever admired one woman. Irene Adler.

In the 1898 novel 'War of the Worlds' he gives the narrator hope of survival only to disappoint him later when the narrator realises the person is just whistling in the dark.

"Not to go on all-fours; that is the Law. Are we not men?" 'Owns' an island in the southern Pacific Ocean. The RSPCA and ASPCA would have had his guts for garters and his skin for lamp shades.

1927 novel. Protagonist of 'Steppenwolf'.

Series of crime novels (the first published in 1964) featuring a 'salvage consultant'. Florida. 'The Busted Flush'. Personally, I found the series quite colourless.

He did a far, far better thing than he had ever done before. Alas, he wasn't recalled to life.

A play first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1907. Riots ensued that night in Dublin and spread like the plague to other parts of Ireland. When the play opened in New York, same scenario. Riots. Death. Kill. A play nearly a hundred years before its time. Name the central loser.

The goddess of wisdom. Every time the poor little Nancy boy from a small isle in Greece so much as gashed his knee on an oyster shell... she flew out economy class from Mount Olympus to kiss it better for the little twat. The book should be named for HER or titled 'The Things Women Have To Do... For Them.'

This unfortunate fellow with a Hannibal Lecter appetite not only has his home broken into and his food stolen, he suffers visual impairment by the asshole mentioned above.