Are you team Emma or team Elizabeth? Pro-Darcy or more enamoured of Captain Wentworth? There’s no escaping Jane Austen and the indelible mark her characters have left as the anniversary of her birth ...

Iconic fictional characters often achieve this status through daring feats, unique powers, and the use of fantastical objects that elicit wonder in the audience. Some of the most memorable fictional ...

We tend to think that fiction authors just dream up characters out of nowhere. But writers often get their ideas from everyday life, and, being great observers, they often turn people they know or ...