Dictionary of American Literary Characters (2nd edition)

Huseyin Osman is the son of the wealthiest man in Ceramos. He falls in love with Lisa, a rich American, offering her lodging, yet robbing her of her freedom (in Mary Lee Settle’s Blood Tie). Otis is a troubled teenager in William Faulkner’s The Reivers. Margaret White is a religious fanatic who believes that the powers of her daughter, Carrie, are evil. Both are characters in Stephen King’s Carrie. Snow White is a disillusioned housewife and proponent of the women’s movement. She lives with seven dwarfs while waiting for Paul, her prince, to arrive, in Donald Barthelme’s...