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Compelling Unnamed Protagonists in Literature - Flavorwire

Sometimes misunderstood, other times preferring the cloak of anonymity, the unnamed protagonist has acted as the voice of many throughout literature. Here are ten compelling uses of the literary device.
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
1
Ralph Ellison
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
2
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
3
Graham Greene
Everyman
Everyman
4
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
5
Edgar Allan Poe
Roxana (Daniel Defoe)
Roxana
6
Daniel Defoe
Boys and Girls (Alice Munro)
Boys and Girls
7
Alice Munro
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
8
Cormac McCarthy
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
9
José Saramago
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
10
Chuck Palahniuk
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
11
Daphne Du Maurier
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
12
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
13
Ayn Rand
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
14
Joseph Conrad
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
15
Yevgeny Zamyatin
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
16
Franz Kafka
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
17
Marguerite Duras
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
18
Marcel Proust
All Our Names (Dinaw Mengestu)
All Our Names
19
Dinaw Mengestu
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
20
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
21
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
22
Samuel Beckett
Every Day If for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Every Day If for the Thief
23
Teju Cole
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
24
Malcolm Lowry
The Dog (Joseph O'Neill)
The Dog
25
Joseph O'Neill
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