Great Characters in CanLit
We started this list with a blog post, then asked the 49th Shelf community to expand. Click on Why It's On the List for the characters the nominators loved. Enjoy!
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The Silent Wife
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Come, Thou Tortoise
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A Complicated Kindness
A Novel
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Not Wanted On the Voyage
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Love Monster, The
A Novel
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The (Post) Mistress
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Woefield Poultry Collective
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Zorgamazoo
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Anne of Green Gables
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Ablutions
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Practical Jean
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The Stone Diaries
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
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Born Weird
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Natural Order
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
A Flavia de Luce Mystery
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Six Metres of Pavement
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Between
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Inside
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Caught
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