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Unaddressed Letters - Anonymous
Unaddressed Letters - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Memoirs
“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with these few words:—“What I have written may appeal to you because of our friendship, and because, when you come...
You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner
You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner
- Author: Ring Lardner
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Big, fat, dumb, lazy, vain, headstrong and cheap, Jack Keefe is a journeyman pitcher with the Chicago White Sox in the rowdy days of the Deadball Era, circa 1915, ruled by the likes of Ty Cobb and John McGraw. In You Know Me Al, we follow Jack...
Lost Diaries - Maurice Baring
Lost Diaries - Maurice Baring
- Author: Maurice Baring
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Literary Fiction
Within these pages find passages from the "lost diaries" of a wide range of people: royal, regular, famous, infamous, historical, and fictional. - Summary by A. Gramour...
Obermann - Étienne Pivert de Senancour
Obermann - Étienne Pivert de Senancour
- Author: Étienne Pivert de Senancour
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
This is a 1903 translation of Étienne Pivert de Senancour's immensely influential work Obermann. Although it was almost completely ignored by the reading public when it was first published during the period of Napoleonic Wars in 1804, it was...
Heroides - Publius
Heroides - Publius
- Author: Publius
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Epistolary Fiction / Poetry
The Heroides, also known as the Heroines, the Letters of the Heroines or simply as Epistles are a very famous collection of poems by Ovid, not only for their interesting subject - letters by famous mythological characters addressed to their beloved...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
In Volume 9 Clarissa hastens to her fate and the various culprits reap the consequences of their crimes of indifference, cruelty and neglect. One of the earliest and certainly the longest novel in the English language, with a wide-ranging influence...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is the longest real novel in the...
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Travel Fiction / General Fiction
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball,...
Lady Susan (version 2) - Jane Austen
Lady Susan (version 2) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and...
Evelina - Fanny Burney
Evelina - Fanny Burney
- Author: Fanny Burney
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
In this epistolary novel, we find a young woman named Evelina, who was raised in rural seclusion until her eighteenth year because of her uncertain parentage. Through a series of harrowing and humorous events that take place in London and an English...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness of the devilish rake Lovelace conspire to overcome her virtue. One of the earliest and certainly the longest...
Poor Folk - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Poor Folk - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Known as Fyodor Dostoyevski's first novel, Poor Folk portrays the life of poor people and poverty in a general sense. This novel is short in comparison to most of Fyodor's other works and is applauded for its humanitarian views. The interesting part...
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett
- Author: Tobias Smollett
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Satire
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work.Published in London on 17 June 1771, it is an epistolary novel, presented in the form of letters...
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son - George Horace Lorimer
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son - George Horace Lorimer
- Author: George Horace Lorimer
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." George Horace...
Taras Bulba and Other Tales - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Taras Bulba and Other Tales - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Author: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
A collection of classic Russian literature from the mind of one of the world's well know authors. The collection includes Taras Bulba, St. John's Eve, The Cloak, How The Two Ivans Quarrelled, The Mysterious Portrait, and The Calash. - Summary by...
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and...
Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock - Eliza Fenwick
Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock - Eliza Fenwick
- Author: Eliza Fenwick
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Romance
This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping their values and loyalties intact. The only way to do that is to hide a few secrets. Yet secrets cannot remain...
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey - Washington Irving
Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Epistolary Fiction
Although this book may not have the immediately recognizable title of, say, “Rip Van Winkle” or “Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” this book deserves its place among the pantheon of Washington Irving’s classics. Irving, who traveled extensively in his youth...
The Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton - Hannah Webster FOSTER
The Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton - Hannah Webster FOSTER
- Author: Hannah Webster FOSTER
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Published before 1800
The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage,...
Letters of Two Brides - Honoré de Balzac
Letters of Two Brides - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Letters of Two Brides is an epistolary novel. The two brides are Louise de Chaulieu (Madame Gaston) and Renée de Maucombe (Madame l'Estorade). The women became friends during their education at a convent and upon leaving began a life-long...
Trips to the Moon - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Trips to the Moon - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Epistolary Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
The endeavour of small Greek historians to add interest to their work by magnifying the exploits of their countrymen, and piling wonder upon wonder, Lucian first condemned in his Instructions for Writing History, and then caricatured in his True...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 3 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 3 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Romance
Clarissa Harlowe, is the tragic heroine of this story, she is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become wealthy only recently and now desires to become part of the aristocracy. Originally they planned to concentrate the wealth and...
The History Of Lady Barton - Elizabeth GRIFFITH
The History Of Lady Barton - Elizabeth GRIFFITH
- Author: Elizabeth GRIFFITH
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Satire
This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose miserable marriage to Sir William is the center of the novel; and Sir George who tries to get over the loss of...
Pamela, Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
Pamela, Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Pamela, tells the story of a 15-year old maidservant named Pamela Andrews, whose country landowner master, Mr. B, makes unwanted advances towards her after the death of his mother. He abducts her, locks her up in one of his estates, and attempts to...
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Author: Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction
A translation of 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' alternative title 'Dangerous Liasons'Everyone probably has Glenn Close and John Malkovich in mind, but for those who have not seen the movie, this epistolary fiction describes how a young girl, Cécile de...
Dere Mable - Edward STREETER
Dere Mable - Edward STREETER
- Author: Edward STREETER
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Bill is in training camp, preparing to go off to World War I. This book is a collection of love letters written to his sweetheart, Mable. The letters are humorous, mis-spelled, and have many stories of life in an army camp - all from Bill's unique...
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - Samuel Richardson
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
"Now first published in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same time that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 7 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 7 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
In Volume 7, the degradation and humiliation of Clarissa continue, from all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness of the devilish rake Lovelace, while her moral greatness and superiority to Lovelace shine out with an undiminished...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 4 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 4 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Volume 4 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness of the devilish rake Lovelace conspire to overcome her virtue. One of the earliest and certainly the longest...
Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works - Jane Austen
Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Castle" both told through the medium of letters written by the characters. It also contains her wonderful "History of England"...
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again - Mark Twain
Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Historical Fiction / Satire
This satire on the U.S.A.'s myth of being the "Home of the Oppressed, where all men are free and equal", is unrelenting in its pursuit of justice through exposure. It draws a scathingly shameful portrait of how Chinese immigrants were treated in...
Jane Austen's Juvenilia - Jane Austen
Jane Austen's Juvenilia - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing styles as a teenager in the early 1790s. This is a collection of her juvenilia, including the...
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Romance
The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. The story...
Letters to Dead Authors - Andrew Lang
Letters to Dead Authors - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
With twenty two letters, addressed to various already deceased authors, Andrew Lang discusses literary subjects with his usual humour and acidity. The impulse for the writing of the letters came, almost as a joke, from the editor of the 'St. James's...
A Laodicean - Thomas Hardy
A Laodicean - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
The Laodicean (someone whose religious beliefs are “lukewarm”) of the title is Paula Power who bought the ancient castle De Stancy which she is determined to restore. Being of a modern frame of mind, she has the telegraph connected to the castle –...
Lady Susan - Jane Austen
Lady Susan - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and...
The Stark Munro Letters - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Stark Munro Letters - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
"The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the troubles which a young man may be called upon to face right away at the outset of his career, that I have handed them...
The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
The History of Emily Montague Vol 1 (Dramatic Reading) - Frances Moore BROOKE
- Author: Frances Moore BROOKE
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Epistolary Fiction
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collection of letters, the story follows the relationships between Edward Rivers (a British soldier), his friend,...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 1 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 1 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Clarissa Harlowe, the tragic heroine of Clarissa, is a beautiful and virtuous young lady whose family has become very wealthy only in recent years and is now eager to become part of the aristocracy by acquiring estates and titles through...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Literary Fiction
It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. This is Volume six out of a series of nine Volumes. Letter 6 read by TriciaG, wib66, Timothy...