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Persian Letters

Montesquieu’s *Persian Letters* presents a satirical critique of 18th-century France through a series of fabricated lett...

18TH Century Classic French Satire

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Julie; or, The New Heloise

Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s *Julie; or, The New Heloise* is an 18th-century French epistolary novel presented entirely as a...

18TH Century Classic French Romance

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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

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La Religieuse

Denis Diderot’s *La Religieuse* is an 18th-century French novel presented as a series of letters. The story follows a yo...

18TH Century French Convent Letters

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The Portuguese Letters

The Portuguese Letters is an epistolary work first published anonymously in France in 1669. It consists of five letters...

French 17TH Century Letters Love Letters

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Letters from a Peruvian Woman

Françoise de Graffigny’s *Letters from a Peruvian Woman* presents a fictional correspondence offering insights into colo...

18TH Century Classic French Outsider

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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

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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

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Lettres Persanes

Published anonymously in 1721, Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes takes the form of correspondence between Persian visitors...

18TH Century French Satire Philosophical

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Obermann

Obermann is a French epistolary novel written by Étienne Pivert de Senancour, first published in 1804. The narrative is...

French 19TH Century Melancholy Letters

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Letters of Two Brides

"Letters of Two Brides" ("Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées") is an epistolary novel by the French author Honoré de Balzac...

French Romance Letters Balzac

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The Journal of Jules Renard

"The Journal of Jules Renard" is a collection of diary entries written by the French author between 1887 and his death i...

French 19TH Century Literary Autobiographical

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Julie, ou la Nouvelle Héloïse

Julie, ou la Nouvelle Héloïse is an epistolary novel written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published in 1761. The story i...

18TH Century French Philosophical Romance

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Letters of a Peruvian Woman

Letters of a Peruvian Woman is an epistolary novel by the French writer Françoise de Graffigny, first published in 1747....

18TH Century French Feminist Letters

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Sophie's World

Sophie's World is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder, originally published as Sofies verden. It follows So...

Norwegian Philosophical 20TH Century Ya

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Delphine

Delphine is an epistolary novel by Germaine de Staël, published in 1802. Set against the backdrop of the French Revoluti...

Classic French 19TH Century Romance

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Lettres de la Marquise de M***

'Lettres de la Marquise de M*** au Comte de R***' is a French epistolary novel published in 1732 by Claude Prosper Jolyo...

18TH Century French Romance Letters

7.6 Good

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Redgauntlet

Redgauntlet is an 1824 historical novel by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. The narrative is structured partly as an ep...

Classic 19TH Century Historical Scottish

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Aline and Valcour

Aline and Valcour is an epistolary novel by the Marquis de Sade, published in 1793 while he was imprisoned during the Fr...

18TH Century Classic French Philosophical

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Lettres d'une Péruvienne

Françoise de Graffigny's 1747 French novel Lettres d'une Péruvienne critiques European society through the letters of an...

18TH Century French Philosophical Epistolary

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