This book introduces some of the most important characters in English literature, including John Silver,Tess.Frankensteinand Sherlock Holmes. o The most famous fictitious detective of all the times isSir Arthur Cona n Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Holmes doesnt solve casesin arder to help the police; he does it for having hismind entertained, beca use he loves intellectual challenges ... o John Silver is an old peg-Iegged pirate (or "gentleman of fartune", as he prefers to be called). He is the quartermaster of the Hispaniola (he handles the ship's food and drink during the voyages). o The protagonist of Tessof the d'Urbervilles is a young and beautiful 19thcentury girlwho liveswith her family in a Britishvillage called Marlott. o After a happy childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, Victor Frankenstein went to the university to study natural philosophy and chemistry. Since he was a little boy, this character had a great curiosity about the hidden laws of nature and the secrets of heaven and heart, and after seven years of research, he beca me convinced that he had found the secret of life...
