8 Literary Dog Names From Classic Novels

Literary names are not so popular, and sometimes they are old-fashioned and vintage. But if the characters are moved to the movie, the name may become very popular and hot. If you like literary dog names, check out these 8 names from those classic novels.

Alice: Alice Liddell is a classic fictional character, the child protagonist of Lewis Carroll's children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel. In a retrospective article, Carroll characterized her as "loving and gentle," "courteous to all," "trustful," and "wildly curious."


Atticus: Atticus Finch is a fictional character of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County, Alabama. The character was awarded the greatest hero in American film in 2003 the American Film Institute.
Cora: Cora Munro is a character created by James Fenimore Cooper in his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. She is a dark-haired girl, and she is serious, intelligent, and calm in the face of danger. Diane Roberts described Cora as "the first tragic mulatta in American literature."
Earl: Earl Jackson is a character from the novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. Earl is a fellow student from a poor and broken family.
Frances: Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was an American-English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.
Holden: Holden Caulfield is the fictional teenage protagonist and narrator of author J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Since the book's publication, Holden has become an icon for teenage rebellion and angst, and now stands among the most important characters of 20th-century American literature.
Huck: Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older at the time of the latter.
Luna: Luna is the Goddess of the Moon, and the name often appears in the novels. Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter series make the name hot and popular. Luna Lovegood is a Ravenclaw student one year younger than Harry. She is described as having straggly waist-length dirty blond hair, grey eyes and a "permanently surprised look."

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