Ten of the best identical twins in literature

At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best identical twins in fiction.

One title on Mullan's list:

The Cheerybles

In Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, Charles and Ned Cheeryble are benevolent, interchangeable twins and wealthy philanthropists. Both possess "the utmost serenity of mind that the kindliest and most unsuspecting nature could bestow", and "both had lost nearly the same teeth, which imparted the same peculiarity to their speech". They rescue Nicholas and thwart the schemes of his villainous uncle.

Nicholas Nickleby is among John Mullan's top ten fictional teachers and ten best wicked uncles in literature, Andy Mulligan's top ten school stories, and Paulette Jiles's twelve favorite books.

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue