Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue. The Iliad’s Two Wars 1
4. Introduction. Characterization and Distribution 12
5. Chapter One. Narrative Asymmetry in Pride and Prejudice 43
6. Chapter Two. Making More of Minor Characters 125
7. Chapter Three. Partings Welded Together: The Character-System in Great Expectations 177
8. Chapter Four. A qui la place?: Characterization and Competition in Le Pére Goriot and La Comédie humaine 244
9. Afterword. Sophocles’ Oedipus and the Prehistory of the Protagonist 319
10. Notes 337
11. Works Cited 375
12. Acknowledgments 383
13. Index 385