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It was a coach and horses that brought a literary character and his valet to this 'handsome little town'.
It was horror comics ('bloods', as they were called) that formed the more macabre side of his literary character.
The first, which originally had a literary character, has become, by its own description, a 'smart tabloid'.
countable noun
The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places. [...]
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adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Literary means concerned with or connected with the writing, study, or appreciation of literature. [...]
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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