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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The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book: 2,000 Names from the World's Great ... Grace Hamlin No preview available - 2001 |
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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