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** Similarly, his short story ''[[The Door In The Wall]]'' is told by someone whose friend is seeking the titular door. |
** Similarly, his short story ''[[The Door In The Wall]]'' is told by someone whose friend is seeking the titular door. |
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* Professor Arronax from [[Jules Verne]] novel ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''. He is placed in the position of the First-Person Peripheral Narrator against his will by the main character (Captain Nemo) and escapes in the end. |
* Professor Arronax from [[Jules Verne]] novel ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''. He is placed in the position of the First-Person Peripheral Narrator against his will by the main character (Captain Nemo) and escapes in the end. |
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* In ''[[The Mad |
* In ''[[The Mad Scientists' Club]]'' books and stories by Bertrand R. Brinley, Charlie serves as the narrator, while Henry Mulligan serves as the protagonist. |
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* Captain [[Alatriste]]'s squire Íñigo de Balboa, although Íñigo sometimes furthers some plots himself. |
* Captain [[Alatriste]]'s squire Íñigo de Balboa, although Íñigo sometimes furthers some plots himself. |
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* Richard MacDuff in ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'', whose main purpose is to be completely bewildered by title-character Dirk. In the second book, this device is abandoned, and it turns out Dirk himself is a lot more bewildered than he lets on. |
* Richard MacDuff in ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'', whose main purpose is to be completely bewildered by title-character Dirk. In the second book, this device is abandoned, and it turns out Dirk himself is a lot more bewildered than he lets on. |