Published before 1800

Mary: A Fiction (version 2)

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Mary Wollstonecraft


Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based on love. It can be considered an example of feminist …

Mary: A Fiction

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Mary Wollstonecraft


Eliza, Mary's mother, is obsessed with novels, rarely considers anyone but herself, and favours Mary's brother. She neglects her daughter, w…

Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre

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Denis Diderot


Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre fut écrit suite à une offre de Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin d'une nouvell…

The Barnaby's in America: Final sequel to The Widow Barnaby

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Frances Milton Trollope


I scruple not to confess that with all her faults, and she has some, I love her dearly : I owe her many mirthful moments, and the deeper ple…

Legenden von Rübezahl aus "Volksmärchen der Deutschen"

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Johann Karl August Musäus


In fünf umfangreichen Legenden führt uns der Autor auf die Spur des weit über das böhmische Riesengebirge hinaus bekannt…

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume II)

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Tobias Smollett


Volume II continues the story of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine Pickle. The novel is written as a series of…

The Fiend's Delight

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Ambrose Bierce


This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …

The Female American

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Unca Eliza Winkfield


“The Female American; Or The Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield, Written by Herself in Two Volumes” was anonymously published under the pseu…

The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 4

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Marguerite Of Navarre


THE HEPTAMERON (here Volume 4 of 5), first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, a…

Taras Bulba

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Spannende Erzählung voller Tragik über das Leben der russisch-ukrainischen Kosaken im frühen 17. Jahrhundert.Indem wir die Sc…

The Life of Harriot Stuart

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Charlotte Lennox


The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself presents a complex and problematic view of self-creation in the eighteenth century. Within th…

The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

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Geoffrey Chaucer


Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection o…

A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent

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Sarah Scott


Utopian novel by Sarah Scott, published in 1762 describes women living in complete harmony. Summary by kathrinee

The Monk: A Romance (Version 2)

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Matthew Lewis


As one of the pioneers of Gothic fiction, this classic novel is seriously underrated. The story revolves around Ambrosio, the abbot, who is …

Julia

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Rhijnvis Feith


De eerste sentimentele roman in Nederland uit 1783. Vol gloeiende taal en uitroeptekens. De liefde van Julia en Eduard wordt in alle invalsh…

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