GREAT LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS, J. PhillipsThis volume explores twenty four literary friendships in succinct, structured entries, from William Shakespeare to Elena Ferrante. Close friendships are a heart warming feature of many of our best loved works of fiction. From the poignant schoolgirl relationship between Jane Eyre and Helen Burns to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finns adventures on the Mississippi, fictional friends have supported, guided, comfortedand at times betrayedthe heroes and