The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book: 2,000 Names from the World's Great LiteratureThis must-have baby name book for busy, educated parents who want to find a special name with special meaning draws names from the classic novels and plays from the world's foremost publisher of classics. Includes alphabetical listings, information on origin and meaning, and a little about the namesakes in literature. |
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Page 283
... Faerie Queen . Una , the hero- ine , is single - minded , personifying at once Truth , Protestantism , and Queen Elizabeth I of England ( under whose aegis , of course , the work was written ) . Duessa , in complete contrast ...
... Faerie Queen . Una , the hero- ine , is single - minded , personifying at once Truth , Protestantism , and Queen Elizabeth I of England ( under whose aegis , of course , the work was written ) . Duessa , in complete contrast ...
Page 318
... Faerie Queen , creates a character called Florimell , which may be a combination of " flower " and the Latin word particle for honey , mel . Florimell is a personification of Chastity and she spends Book Three of The Faerie Queen ...
... Faerie Queen , creates a character called Florimell , which may be a combination of " flower " and the Latin word particle for honey , mel . Florimell is a personification of Chastity and she spends Book Three of The Faerie Queen ...
Page 325
... Faerie Queen , Gloriana is the Faerie Queen herself , seen by Prince Arthur in a vision of Faery Land and eagerly sought thereafter . GLORVINA ( Invented name ) First appeared in a minor English novel in 1806 , apparently coined by the ...
... Faerie Queen , Gloriana is the Faerie Queen herself , seen by Prince Arthur in a vision of Faery Land and eagerly sought thereafter . GLORVINA ( Invented name ) First appeared in a minor English novel in 1806 , apparently coined by the ...
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American Anne Brontë Anthony Trollope Ariosto's aristocratic Arthur Balzac's beautiful Bleak House Brontë brother called Charles Dickens Charlotte charming Chekhov's Christian comedy cousin daughter Dickens's diminutive Edith Elizabeth ELIZABETH GASKELL England Euripides Eustace Diamonds Faerie Queen falls in love father French form George Eliot's girl goddess Greek myth Greek mythology Greek mythology name handsome Hardy Hebrew Henry James hero heroine HONORÉ DE BALZAC husband Invented name Italian James's Jane Austen killed king knight known Lady last name Latin Le Morte D'Arthur Legend lives Lord lover Lucien Lucy marriage marry Mary meaning unknown Metamorphoses minor character mistress Morgesons mother narrator nickname nineteenth century novel Old English Old German Orlando play possibly pretty Prince protagonist rich Roman Russian Saint scholars seduces Shakespeare's Sir Walter sister social spelling story tale Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy's Trojan Trollope's variant Victorian virgin wealthy wife Wilkie women young woman Zeus