Fascinating and comprehensive in scope, the Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction is a valuable source for both students and teachers of literature, and for those interested in locating the facts behind the fiction they read. In a single, scholarly volume, it provides intriguing insight into the real identity of people and places in the novels of over 300 American and British authors published in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

This Dictionary explores the identities of fictional people and places in over 1,000 English language novels and short stories. Over 4,000 identifications are included and supported or contested by accompanying extracts.