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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

8.7 Great

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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

8.6 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

8.6 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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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

8.2 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

8.2 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

8.1 Great

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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

8.0 Great

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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

8.0 Great

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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

7.9 Good

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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

7.8 Good

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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

7.6 Good

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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

7.4 Good

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Poor Folk

Poor Folk (Bednye lyudi) is the debut novel of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in 1846. Written as an exchan...

Russian 19TH Century Poverty Social Realism

7.3 Good

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Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Published anonymously in 1669, Letters of a Portuguese Nun is a classic work of French literature detailing the intense...

French Literary 17TH Century Letters

7.3 Good

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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

7.2 Good

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Leonora

Leonora is an epistolary novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Maria Edgeworth, first published in 1806. Told primarily throug...

Classic 19TH Century Romance Irish

6.8 Fair

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The Black Robe

*The Black Robe* is an 1881 epistolary novel by English author Wilkie Collins that critiques the manipulative influence...

Classic 19TH Century Mystery Gothic

6.7 Fair

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Godwi

Godwi is an 1801 German epistolary novel by Clemens Brentano, notable for being the author's only novel and a fragmented...

German Romantic 19TH Century Letters

6.7 Fair