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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde follows an investigation into the conn...

19TH Century British Gothic Documents

9.42 Excellent

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Augustus

John Williams's Augustus, published in 1972, reconstructs the life of Rome's first emperor through fictional letters, di...

American Historical Ancient Rome Letters

9.18 Excellent

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Herzog

Saul Bellow's Herzog follows Moses Herzog, a middle-aged intellectual struggling with a broken marriage and a crisis of...

Classic American 20TH Century Literary

8.91 Great

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Adolphe

"Adolphe" is an 1816 French novel by the Swiss-born author Benjamin Constant. The narrative follows a young, indifferent...

French 19TH Century Romance Letters

8.58 Great

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The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper is an American novel presented as diary entries detailing the deteriorating mental state of a young...

American 19TH Century Gothic Feminist

8.51 Great

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March

March presents a poignant account of the American Civil War through a series of letters. The novel details the experienc...

American Historical 2000S Civil War

8.46 Great

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The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel is a 1971 historical novel by the American author E. L. Doctorow. The narrative is presented through...

American Historical Political Documents

8.36 Great

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Wieland

Wieland is an 1798 American Gothic novel by Charles Brockden Brown, written in an epistolary format from the perspective...

18TH Century American Gothic Letters

8.31 Great

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Wieland; or, The Transformation

'Wieland; or, The Transformation' is an epistolary Gothic novel written by American author Charles Brockden Brown, first...

American Gothic Letters Eighteenth Century

8.24 Great

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Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis is an epistolary novel by the Italian writer Ugo Foscolo, published in an important revised...

Italian 19TH Century Tragedy Letters

8.22 Great

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a novel by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838 and his only comp...

Journal Adventure 19TH Century Poe

8.21 Great

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Fair and Tender Ladies

Lee Smith’s *Fair and Tender Ladies* presents a poignant story through a collection of letters. The novel explores the e...

American Appalachian 20TH Century Literary

8.18 Great

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Herland

'Herland' is a 1915 utopian novel by American author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, originally serialized in her self-publish...

American Manuscript Feminist Utopian

8.18 Great

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The Tenant of Moonbloom

"The Tenant of Moonbloom" is a 1963 novel written by the American author Edward Lewis Wallant. The narrative centers on...

American Urban Literary Letters

8.14 Great

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The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

Ugo Foscolo’s *The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis* presents a poignant narrative through a collection of correspondence. P...

Romantic Italian Classic 19TH Century

8.12 Great

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The Lost Scrapbook

The Lost Scrapbook is Evan Dara's 1995 American debut, a polyphonic experimental novel about a Missouri community poison...

American Experimental Postmodern Documents

8.08 Great

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Oberman

Oberman is an epistolary novel, essay, and intimate journal by Étienne Pivert de Senancour, first published in France in...

French 19TH Century Philosophical Letters

8.08 Great

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The Confessions of Max Tivoli

"The Confessions of Max Tivoli" is a 2004 literary novel by Andrew Sean Greer that reimagines the backward-aging premise...

Fantasy American Manuscript Historical

7.55 Good

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Super Sad True Love Story

Super Sad True Love Story is a 2010 dystopian novel by American writer Gary Shteyngart. It presents the relationship bet...

American 2010S Diary Dystopia

7.52 Good

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Clara Howard

Clara Howard is an epistolary novel published in 1801 by the American writer Charles Brockden Brown. Told through letter...

Classic American 19TH Century Sentimental

5.88 Mediocre