The 100 most influential people who never lived
By: [editor/writer, Kelly Knauer ; writer, Ellen Shapiro]
Contributors: Shapiro, Ellen (Freelance writer); Time Inc. Home Entertainment
Publisher: Time Books; Time Inc. Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781618930712
Subjects: Fictitious characters; Characters and characteristics in literature; Popular culture; Miscellanea; Characters in literature
Other titles: Time; One hundred most influential people who never lived; Time.
Description: Join TIME to explore the almost-lives and almost-times of the most fascinating people who never lived. Inspired by Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, we've created a list of history's 100 most memorable characters from the worlds of literature, film, TV, video games--even advertising. Here are Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, Wonder Woman and Rosie the Riveter, Atticus Finch and Dorothy Gale--and 94 more intriguing figures.
Table of contents: title: Heroes and Villains: King Arthur; title: Scarlett O'Hara / Ann Patchett; title: Hannibal Lecter / Jodie Foster; title: Norman Bates; title: Indiana Jones; title: Lara Croft; title: Rodion R. Raskolnikov; title: Michael Corleone; title: James Bond / Belinda Luscombe; title: Dr. Faust / Catherine Mayer; title: Dr. Frankenstein; title: Candide; title: Lisbeth Salander; title: Travis Bickle; title: Kunta Kinte; title: Robin Hood; title: Captain Ahab / Katy Steinmetz; title: Don Quixote; title: Don Juan; title: John Galt; title: Big Brother; title: Odysseus; title: Achilles; title: Archetypes: Uncle Sam / Michael Duffy; title: Sherlock Holmes / Lev Grossman; title: The Good Samaritan; title: Falstaff; title: Shylock / Patrick Stewart and F. Murray Abraham; title: Barbie; title: Betty Crocker; title: Santa Claus / Katy Steinmetz; title: Ebenezer Scrooze / David Von Drehle; title: Hiawatha; title: The Marlboro Man; title: Rosie the Riveter; title: Jay Gatsby; title: Mrs. Rochester / Jessica Winter; title: King Midas; title: Couples: Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock; title: Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy / Belinda Luscombe; title: Benedick and Beatrice; title: Huckleberry Finn and Jim; title: Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins; title: Leopold and Molly Bloom / James Poniewozik; title: Romeo and Juliet; title: Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt / James Poniewozik; title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; title: The Prodigal Son and his Father / Sean Gregory; title: Humbert Humbert and Lolita; title: Outliers: Wonder Woman / Lynda Carter; title: Aladdin; title: Scheherazade; title: Superman; title: Batman; title: Dracula; title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer; title: Cinderella / Belinda Luscombe; title: HAL 9000 / Steven James Snyder; title: Darth Vader / Steven James Snyder; title: Harry Potter / Chris Colfer; title: The Wicked Witch of the West; title: Rip Van Winkle; title: Pinocchio / Harry McCracken; title: Tarzan; title: Mary Poppins; title: Peter Pan; title: The Phantom of the Opera / Gerald Butler; title: Cassandra; title: Everyday Heroes: Lucy Ricardo / Harry McCracken; title: The Little Tramp / Ann Douglas; title: Jo March / Catherine Mayer; title: Homer Simpson; title: Rocky Balboa / Sean Gregory; title: Atticus Finch / David Von Drehle; title: Walter Mitty; title: Katniss Everdeen; title: Nancy Drew; title: Mary Richards / Mary Tyler Moore; title: Robinson Crusoe / Katy Steinmetz; title: The Dude / Steven James Snyder; title: Holden Caulfield; title: Don Draper / Bryan Walsh; title: Pollyanna; title: Cliff Huxtable / Mark Whitaker; title: Dorothy Gale; title: Tom Joad; title: Willy Loman; title: Oliver Twist / Jesse Tyler Ferguson; title: Josef K. / Lev Grossman; title: Tragic Destinies: Hamlet / Bryan Walsh; title: Carmen; title: Pagliaccio; title: Anna Karenina; title: Oedipus; title: Madame Butterfly; title: Icarus; title: Sethe / Patrik Henry Bass; title: Miss Havisham; title: Hester Prynne; title: King Lear / Jessica Winter.