Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), published in 1688 by William Canning and reissued with two other fictions later that year. It was also adapted into a play. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person accoun
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"Sense and Sensibility" is another novel written by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was Austen's first published work, and it explores similar themes to "Pride and Prejudice" such as love, marriage, and social class. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, and their experiences in love and relationships. After their father's death, the Dashwood sisters, along with
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"Mansfield Park" is a novel written by Jane Austen, published in 1814. It is considered one of Austen's more complex and controversial works, exploring themes of morality, social class, and the role of women in society. The story revolves around Fanny Price, a young girl from a poor family who is sent to live with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Fanny's mother married beneath her social
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"Persuasion" is the last completed novel written by Jane Austen, published posthumously in 1818. It is a tale of second chances, lost love, and the power of persuasion. The story follows Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old woman who comes from a respected but financially declining aristocratic family. Eight years prior, Anne was engaged to Captain Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer with no fortune
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The History of the Nun, or The Fair Vow Breaker, is a novella by Aphra Behn published in 1689. It is a piece of amatory fiction. Some of the story's main themes include woman's desire, guilt, and reputation. A specific example of certain themes are shown throughout the novella as Isabella's desire to uphold society's expectations of being a virtuous woman, her love for Henualt after breaking her
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Caleb Williams is a novel written by William Godwin, an English philosopher and novelist, in 1794. It is considered one of the earliest examples of the political thriller genre in English literature. The novel tells the story of Caleb Williams, a young man who works as a secretary to a wealthy landowner named Ferdinando Falkland. As Caleb delves into Falkland's past, he discovers a terrible secre
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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, otherwise known as simply McTeague, is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty and violence as the result of jealousy and greed. The book was the basis for the films McTeague (1916) and Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1924). It was also adapted as an opera by
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"The Odd Women" is a novel written by George Gissing, an English writer, and was published in 1893. The novel explores the lives of unmarried women in Victorian society and delves into the issues of gender inequality and the challenges faced by women at that time. The title "The Odd Women" refers to the concept that in Victorian England, there were more women than men, creating a surplus of unmar
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Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the
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José Martiniano de Alencar foi um jornalista, advogado, político e escritor romântico brasileiro. Descendia de uma família prestigiada e participativa no contexto revolucionário pernambucano, de 1817. Tornou-se notável como jurista, parlamentar imperial, escritor e polemista ativo nos periódicos do Império Brasileiro. Senhora Iracema O guarani Luciola
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Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer and critic who was an important figure in the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world, and have been published in 25 languages.
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Only eleven of Emily Dickinson's poems were published prior to her death in 1886; the startling originality of her work doomed it to obscurity in her lifetime. Early posthumous published collections -- some of them featuring liberally "edited" versions of the poems -- did not fully and accurately represent Dickinson's bold experiments in prosody, her tragic vision, and the range of her intellectua
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JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction, best known for Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard. He was a leading ghost story writer in the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre, influencing several writers with his work, including Bram Stoker and his famous vampire novel, Dracula.
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