My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time: A Novel (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Charlotte: Our protagonist, a prostitute abandoned by her parents and raised in an orphanage until she ran away to Copenhagen when she was 16 years old.
• Fru Schleswig: Charlotte's sidekick frequently mistaken for Charlotte's mother. She was the cook for the orphanage that Charlotte was raised in and when she ran away Fru Schleswig accompanied her.
• Herr Møller: Østerbro baker frequented by Charlotte. She will occasionally trade sex for baked goods.
• Fru Emilie Kwak: Wealthy Østerbro widow who is looking for a maid to clean her mansion top to bottom; therefore Charlotte recommends Fru Schleswig for the position.
• Professor Frederik Kwak: Fru Kwak's husband who have recently disappears and believed by some to be a ghost.
• Else: Charlotte's friend and Østerbro florist.
• Gudrun Olsen: Fru Kwak's former housekeeper
• Pastor Dahlberg: Fru Krak's minister and fiancé who lusts after Charlotte
• Herr Bang: Local pharmacist who sought Professor Krak's dark services after the death of his first wife and child.
• Franz Poppersen Muhl: Philosophy student and fellow time traveler who confesses Professor Krak's purpose in bringing Charlotte to the 20th century.
• Henrik Dogger: Fellow time traveler and educator for the Newcommers' Orientation Class who was frequently found staring lasciviously at Charlotte's breasts.
• Fergus McCrombie: Scottish archeologist and expressed contemporary lover of Charlotte.
• Josie McCrombie: Fergus' adopted daughter
• Helle Jakobsen: Elegant fellow time traveler who becomes a surrogate mother for Charlotte.
• Georg Jakobsen: Helle's husband and fellow time traveler.
• Lone Boisengluk: Franz Poppersen Muhl's great-great-grand niece

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• Number Nine Rosenvængets Allé: Fru Krak's "sombre homestead set back some distance from the road, surrounded by tall conifer trees of an exceedingly dark green that gave it an air of shadow & menace."
• Oblivion Room: Secret basement room at Number Nine Rosenvængets Allé, which contains the strangest contraption that Charlotte has ever seen. It took up a quarter of the floor space of the Oblivion Room and contained a door of dark leather and wood in its center.
• London, England
• Greenwich Observatory: Time travel portal
• Sankt Haus: Denmark's largest and most notorious asylum.

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• Halfway Club: Professor Frederik Kwak's time travelers

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• Tin City: London, England
• Club Rules: Professor Krak's rules for time travelers

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Liz Jensen (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary