Category Archives: Published before 1800

Audiobook: Vicar of Wakefield

Published in 1766, ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’ was Oliver Goldsmith’s only novel. It was thought

Audiobook: Utopia (Burnet translation)

This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with

Audiobook: Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to

Audiobook: Erec and Enide

A medieval romance in which Erec goes through many trials until he is sure of

Audiobook: Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I)

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett

Audiobook: Female Quixote Vol. 1

The novel formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero

Audiobook: Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 3

This is volume 3 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or,

Audiobook: Female Quixote Vol. 2

Second Volume of the novel that formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself

Audiobook: Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume II)

Volume II continues the story of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine

Audiobook: Blazing World

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on

Audiobook: Mary: A Fiction (version 2)

Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based

Audiobook: Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 4

THE HEPTAMERON (here Volume 4 of 5), first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into

Audiobook: Fortunate Foundlings

A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman

Audiobook: Adventures of Roderick Random

I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity

Audiobook: Manon Lescaut

Published in 1731, Manon Lescaut (on which the Puccini opera is based) takes as its

Audiobook: Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables

“Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy,

Audiobook: Barnaby’s in America: Final sequel to The Widow Barnaby

I scruple not to confess that with all her faults, and she has some, I

Audiobook: Life of Harriot Stuart

The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself presents a complex and problematic view of

Audiobook: Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent

Utopian novel by Sarah Scott, published in 1762 describes women living in complete harmony. Summary

Audiobook: Fiend’s Delight

This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose

Audiobook: Candide ou L’optimisme

Candide vivait paisible et innocent chez le baron de Thunder-ten-tronckh, en Westphalie. Dans son château,

Audiobook: Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre

Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre fut écrit suite à une offre de Marie-Thérèse

Audiobook: Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten

Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderten ist eine Erzählungssammlung von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, erschienen (1795). Das Konzept

Audiobook: Female American

“The Female American; Or The Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield, Written by Herself in Two

Audiobook: Legenden von Rübezahl aus “Volksmärchen der Deutschen”

In fünf umfangreichen Legenden führt uns der Autor auf die Spur des weit über das

Audiobook: Taras Bulba

Spannende Erzählung voller Tragik über das Leben der russisch-ukrainischen Kosaken im frühen 17. Jahrhundert. Indem

Audiobook: The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or