Literature in Context

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The Country Wife by Wycherley, WilliamSource: The Country-Wife (London: Thomas Dring, 1675)

The Beggar's Opera by Gay, JohnSource: The Beggar's Opera (London: Printed for John Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728)

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Browning, Elizabeth BarrettSource: Sonnets from the Portuguese ()

A Revelation of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichSource: A Revelation of Divine Love (Norwich: np, manuscript, 1373)

Headnote: Headnote for Julian of Norwich by O'Brien, John

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by AnonymousSource: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (N.P.: manuscript, c.1400)

"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: England's Helicon (London: John Flasket, 1600)

The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: The Tragicall history of Doctor Faustus (London: Printed by V. S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, 1604.)

The Tempest by Shakespeare, WilliamSource: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. (London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623)

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Othello by Shakespeare, WilliamSource: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. (London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623)

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"The Flea" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward." by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

"The Sunne Rising" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"The Canonization" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"The Relique" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"Holy Sonnet: Batter my heart, three-person'd God" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"Holy Sonnet: Death be not proud" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"The Extasie" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

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"On the 3. of September, 1651" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"Upon the Double Murder of King Charles I" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"Content, to my dearest Lucasia" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"Rosania to Lucasia on her Letters" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"On the death of the truly honourable Sir Walter Lloid Knight" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"Against Pleasure" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"2.Cor.5.19. God was in Christ Reconciling the World to Himself" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"On Controversies in Religion" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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"Death" by Philips, KatherineSource: Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orindato which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies; with several other translations out of French (London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667)

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The Description of a New World, called the Blazing-World by Cavendish, MargaretSource: The description of a new world, called the blazing-world written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princesse, the Duchess of Newcastle. (London: A. Maxwell, 1668)

The Rover, or, The Banished Cavaliers by Behn, AphraSource: The Rover: or, the Banish't Cavaliers (London: Printed for John Amery, 1677)

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Articles of Peace Between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles II and Several Indian Kings and Queens ["The Treaty of Middle Plantation"] by Stuart, CharlesSource: ARTICLES OF PEACE Between The Most Serene and Mighty PRINCE CHARLES II. By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. And Several Indian Kings and Queens, etc. (London: Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty., 1677)

"Davids Lamentation for Saul, and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1.19" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"Old Age" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"Youth" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"The Vanity of All Worldly Things" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"Childhood" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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The Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan, JohnSource: The Pilgrim's Progress (London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678)

"The Prologue" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"A Dialogue between Old England and New" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"To His Coy Mistress" by Marvell, AndrewSource: Miscellaneous Poems (London: Printed for Robert Boulter, 1681)

The soveraignty and goodness of God, together, with the faithfulness of his promises displayed; being a narrative of the captivity and restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Rowlandson, MarySource: The soveraignty and goodness of God, together, with the faithfulness of his promises displayed; being a narrative of the captivity and restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Printed by Samuel Green, 1682)

Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave: A True History by Behn, AphraSource: Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave; a True History (London: Printed for William Canning, 1688)

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"To the fair Clarinda, who made Love to me, imagin'd more than Woman" by Behn, AphraSource: Lysidus, or, The lover in Fashion (London: Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1688)

A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, For the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest by Astell, MarySource: A Serious Proposal To the Ladies, For the Advancement of their true and greatest Interest (London, England: Printed for R. Wilkin at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1694)

The Busie Body. A Comedy. by Centlivre, SusannaSource: The Busie Body. A Comedy (London, England: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys between the Two Temple-Gates in Fleet-street., 1709)

The Spectator, Isssue 2, March 2, 1711 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, Issue 2 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

Headnote: Headnote for Joseph Addison and Richard Steele by O'Brien, John

The Spectator, Issue 11, Tuesday, March 13, 1711. by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, Issue 11 (England: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

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The Spectator, Issue 1, Thursday, March 1, 1711 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

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The Spectator, Issue 10, Monday, March 12, 1711 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

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The Spectator, Issue 65, Tuesday, May 15, 1711 by Steele, RichardSource: The Spectator, #65 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

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"An Essay on Criticism" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "An Essay on Criticism" (London: W. Lewis, 1711)

"The Spectator, Issue 411, Saturday, June 21, 1712" by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, #412 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, Issue 413, Tuesday, June 24, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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"The Spectator Issue 414, Wednesday, June 25, 1712" by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1711)

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The Spectator Issue 415, Thursday, June 26, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator Issue 416, Friday, June 27, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator, #416 (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, Issue 417, Saturday, June 28, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, Issue 418, Monday, June 30, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, Issue 419, Tuesday, July 1, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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The Spectator, Issue 420, Wednesday, July 2, 1712 by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

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"The Spectator, Issue 421, Thursday, July 3, 1712" by Addison, JosephSource: The Spectator (London: Samuel Buckley, 1712)

Headnote: Headnote for Joseph Addison and Richard Steele by O'Brien, John

"Windsor-Forest" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "Windsor-Forest" (London: Bernard Lintott, 1713)

"The Rape of the Lock" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "The Rape of the Lock" (London: B. Lintott, 1714)

Headnote: Headnote for Alexander Pope by O'Brien, John

Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, DanielSource: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (London: William Taylor, 1719)

Headnote: Headnote for Daniel Defoe by O'Brien, John

The Silence Dogood Essays by Franklin, BenjaminSource: Silence Dogood (Boston: James Franklin, 1722)

"To the Ladies" by Chudleigh, MarySource: Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates, 1722)

A Journal of the Plague Year by Defoe, DanielSource: A Journal of the Plague Year (London: Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd without Temple Bar; and J. Graves in St. James's-Street, 1722)

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Love in Excess by Haywood, ElizaSource: Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry, a Novel (London: Printed for D. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, 1722)

A Bold Stroke for a Wife: A Comedy ; as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields by Centlivre, SusannaSource: A Bold Stroke for a Wife: A Comedy ; as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (London: Printed for W. Meres and F. Clay, 1724)

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Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze by Haywood, ElizaSource: Secret Histories, Novels, and Poems (London: Printed for Dan Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, 1725)

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ["Gulliver's Travels"] by Swift, JonathanSource: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ["Gulliver's Travels"] (London: Benjamin Motte, 1726)

A Modest Proposal by Swift, JonathanSource: A Modest Proposal (Dublin and London: S. Harding and J. Roberts, 1729)

"The Lady's Dressing-Room" by Swift, JonathanSource: "The Lady's Dressing-Room" (London: J. Roberts, 1732)

"The Dean's Provocation for Writing the Lady's Dressing-Room" by Montagu, Mary Wortley, LadySource: The Dean's Provocation for Writing the Lady's Dressing-Room (London: T. Cooper, 1734)

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London: A Poem, in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal by Johnson, SamuelSource: London: A Poem, in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal (London: , 1738)

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"An Ode [Rule, Britannia]" by Thomson, James and Thomas ArneSource: Alfred: A Masque (London: A. Millar, 1740)

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended With Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers by Edwards, JonathanSource: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: A Sermon Preached at Enfield, July 8, 1741, at a Time of Great Awakenings, and Attended With Remarkable Impressions on Many of the Hearers (Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1741)

"Saturday. The Small-Pox" by Wortley Montagu, Mary, LadySource: Six Town Eclogues with some other POEMS (London: M. Cooper, 1747)

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The Rambler No. 4 by Johnson, SamuelSource: The Rambler (London: Printed for J. PAYNE, and J. Boquet, in Pater-Noster Row; where Letters for the RAMBLER are received., c.1751)

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"An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard" by Gray, ThomasSource: "An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard" (London: R. Dodsley, 1751)

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The Prince of Abissinia ["Rasselas"] by Johnson, SamuelSource: The Prince of Abissinia (London: printed for R. and J. Dodsley; and W. Johnston, 1759)

The Castle of Otranto by Walpole, HoraceSource: The Castle of Otranto: A Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto (London: Printed for Tho. Lownds, 1765 [1764])

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The Turkish Embassy Letters by Montagu, Mary Wortley, LadySource: Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W---y M----e (Providence, Rhode Island: Sarah Goddard, 1766)

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She Stoops to Conquer by Goldsmith, OliverSource: She Stoops to Conquer (London: F. Newbery, 1773)

Common Sense by Paine, ThomasSource: Common Sense (Philadelphia: Sold by R. Bell, in Third Street, 1776)

Evelina; or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, FrancesSource: Evelina; Or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross, Fitzsimons, W. Whitestone [and 12 others in Dublin], 1779)

The Belle's Stratagem by Cowley, HannahSource: The Belle's Stratagem (London: T. Cadell, in the Strand., 1782)

"On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet" by Johnson, SamuelSource: "On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet" (London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1783)

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America by Franklin, BenjaminSource: Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America (Passy: Passy Press, 1784)

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or Gustavus Vassa, the African. by Equiano, OlaudahSource: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or Gustavus Vassa, the African (London: Olaudah Equiano, 1789)

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The Spectator by Steele, RichardSource: (: , )

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience by Blake, WilliamSource: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (London: W. Blake, 1789, 1794)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Franklin, BenjaminSource: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (np np: manuscript, 1790)

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Burke, EdmundSource: Reflections on the Revolution in France. And on the Proceedings of Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1790)

Rules by which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One by Franklin, BenjaminSource: Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One (np np: manuscript, 1790)

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, MarySource: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London: J. Johnson, 1792)

Charlotte. A tale of truth. by Rowson, SusannaSource: Charlotte. A tale of truth.Charlotte Temple (Philadelphia: Printed [by D. Humphreys] for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., 1794)

The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah WebsterSource: The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton (Boston: , 1797)

Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth, WilliamSource: Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (London: J. and A. Arch, 1798)

"The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" by Coleridge, Samuel TaylorSource: Lyrical Ballads (London: J. and A. Arch, 1798)

"Tintern Abbey" by Wordsworth, WilliamSource: Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (London: J. and A. Arch, 1798)

Preface to Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth, WilliamSource: Lyrical Ballads (London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800)

"Ode" [Intimations of Immortality] by Wordsworth, WilliamSource: Poems (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807)

"I wandered lonely as a cloud" by Wordsworth, WilliamSource: Poems (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807)

[Letter to Esther Burney, Dated 22 March 1812] by Burney, FrancesSource: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library (Online: The New York Public Library Digital Collections, 1803-1812)

[Journal Entry to Nobody, Dated 27 March 1768] by Burney, FrancesSource: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library (Online: The New York Public Library Digital Collections, 1812)

Pride and Prejudice by Austen, JaneSource: Pride and Prejudice (London: Thomas Edgerton, Whitehall, 1813)

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"Kubla Khan: A Vision" by Coleridge, Samuel TaylorSource: Cristabel, Kubla Khan: A Vision, The Pains of Sleep (London: John Murray, 1816)

Northanger Abbey by Austen, JaneSource: Northanger Abbey (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1817)

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Ozymandias by Shelley, Percy ByssheSource: The Examiner (London: Leigh and John Hunt, 1818)

"La Belle Dame Sans Mercy" by Keats, JohnSource: The Indicator (London: Leigh Hunt, 1820)

"Ode to a Nightingale" by Keats, JohnSource: Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820)

"Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats, JohnSource: Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (London: Taylor and Cressey, 1820)

Ode to the West Wind by Shelley, Percy ByssheSource: Prometheus Unbound: A Lyrical Drama, in Four Acts, With Other Poems (London: C. and J. Ollier, 1820)

"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Burton's Gentleman's Magazine (Philadelphia: W.E. Burton, 1839)

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"The Story of an Hour" by Chopin, KateSource: Vogue (New York: Arthur Baldwin Turnure, 1894)

"The Murders In the Rue Morgue" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine (Philadelphia, PA: George R Graham, 1841)

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Self-Reliance by Emerson, Ralph WaldoSource: Essays (Boston: James Munroe & Company, 1841)

"Madhouse Cells, Part II" ["Porphyria's Lover"] by Browning, RobertSource: Bells and Pomegranates. No. III. Dramatic Lyrics (London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1842)

"Italy" ["My Last Duchess"] by Browning, RobertSource: Bells and Pomegranates. No. III. Dramatic Lyrics (London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1842)

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Pioneer (Boston: J. R. Lowell and R. Carter, 1843)

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A Christmas Carol by Dickens, CharlesSource: A Christmas Carol (London: Chapman & Hall, 1843)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Douglass, FrederickSource: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 25 Cornhill, 1845)

Oration ["What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"] by Douglass, FrederickSource: Oration (Rochester: Lee, Mann & Co., 1852)

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Godey's Lady's Book (Philadelphia: Open Court Publishing Co, 1846)

Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne, NathanielSource: Mosses from an Old Manse (New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846)

Rappaccini's Daughter by Hawthorne, NathanielSource: Mosses from an Old Manse (New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846)

The Philosophy of Composition by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Philosophy of Composition (Philadelphia: George Rex Graham, in Graham's Magazine., 1846)

The Birth-Mark by Hawthorne, NathanielSource: Mosses from an Old Manse (New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846)

Wuthering Heights by Bronte, EmilySource: Wuthering Heights (London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847)

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Bronte, CharlotteSource: Jane Eyre:An Autobiography (London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1847)

"The Masque of the Red Death" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe (New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850)

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The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, NathanielSource: The Scarlet Letter (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850)

"The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsSource: New England Magazine (Boston: J. N. McClinctock and Company, 1892)

"Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Melville, HermanSource: Putnam's Monthly (New York: G. P. Putnams's Sons, November 1853)

"Fra Lippo Lippi" by Browning, RobertSource: Men and Women (London: Chapman and Hall, 1855)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Jacobs, HarrietSource: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Boston: Published by the Author, 1861)

Goblin Market by Rossetti, ChristinaSource: Goblin Market and Other Poems (Cambridge: MacMillan and Co., 1862)

"Dover Beach" by Arnold, MatthewSource: New Poems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1867)

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa MaySource: Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868)

Lady Susan by Austen, JaneSource: A Memoir of Jane Austen (London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1871)

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"The Sign of the Four" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, OscarSource: The Picture of Dorian Gray (London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891)

"The Adventure of The Speckled Band" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892)

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"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892)

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America by Whitman, WaltSource: Leaves of Grass (Philadelphia: David Kay, 1891-'2)

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Song of Myself by Whitman, WaltSource: Leaves of Grass (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1892)

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Return of the Native by Hardy, ThomasSource: Return of the Native (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895)

The Turn of the Screw by James, HenrySource: The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End (New York: Macmillan, 1898)

"The White Man's Burden" by Kipling, RudyardSource: Mclure's Magazine (New York: S/ S. McClure Co., February 1899)

The Awakening by Chopin, KateSource: The Awakening (Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899)

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Wilde, OscarSource: The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899)

The Canterbury Tales: The General Prologue by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)

The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900)

The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale by Chaucer, GeoffreySource: The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: , 1400)

"The Lady’s Maid’s Bell" by Wharton, EdithSource: Scribner’s Magazine (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902)

Heart of Darkness by Conrad, JosephSource: Youth, A Narrative; and Two Other StoriesHeart of Darkness (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902)

"Paul's Case" by Cather, WillaSource: McClure's Magazine (New York: The S. S. McClure Co., May 1905)

"Old England" by McKay, ClaudeSource: Songs of Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica [and London, England]: Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1912)

"The Dead" by Joyce, JamesSource: Dubliners (London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1914)

"Araby" by Joyce, JamesSource: Dubliners (London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1914)

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by Eliot, T.S.Source: Poetry: A Magazine of Verse (Chicago: Harriet Monroe, 1915)

"The Soldier" by Brooke, RupertSource: 1914, and Other Poems (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915)

Anthem for Doomed Youth by Owen, WilfredSource: Poems (London: Chatto & Windus, 1920)

"Easter, 1916" by Yeats, William ButlerSource: Michael Robartes and the Dancer ([Dublin] Churchtown and Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1920)

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