Published before 1800
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…
Moll Flanders - Version 2
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Daniel Defoe
This warm and witty novel presents itself as the first person narration of an immensely likeable and resourceful woman who, born in the most…
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…
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…
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 …
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V
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François Rabelais
The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…