The Man of Feeling
By: Henry MacKenzie , Brian Vickers , Stephen Bending
3.01
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which…
Want to Read $ 1.99"Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain respect for the follies of mankind: for there are so many fools whom the opinion of the world entitles to regard, whom accident has placed in heights of which they are unworthy, that he who cannot restrain his contempt or indignation at the sight will be too often quarrelling with the disposal of things to relish that share which is allotted to himself. "-Henry MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling
"Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain respect for the follies of mankind: for there are so many fools whom the opinion of the world entitles to regard, whom accident has placed in heights of which they are unworthy, that he who cannot restrain his contempt or indignation at the sight will be too often quarrelling with the disposal of things to relish that share which is allotted to himself. "-Henry MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling
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1. Tropismes
By: Nathalie Sarraute
3.66
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
« Les tropismes, a expliqué l'auteur, "ce sont des mouvements indéfinissables, qui glissent très ra… read more
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2. A Sentimental Journey
By: Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring
3.31
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', La… read more
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"It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one...."-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"I could wish to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out what is good in them, to fashion my own by. It is for this reason t…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
3. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
4. The Man of Feeling
By: Henry MacKenzie , Brian Vickers , Stephen Bending
3.01
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which… read more
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"Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain respect for the follies of mankind: fo…"-Henry MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling
5. The Vicar of Wakefield
By: Robert L. Mack , Oliver Goldsmith , Arthur Friedman
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly … read more
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6. Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze
By: Eliza Fowler Haywood
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Sin… read more
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7. A Bold Stroke for a Wife
By: Susanna Centlivre , Nancy Copeland
3.44
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A Bold Stroke for a Wifeis perhaps the finest example of Centlivre's masterful plotting of comic in… read more
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8. The Mysteries of Udolpho
By: Ann Radcliffe , Jacqueline Howard
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
With The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe raised the Gothic romance to a new level and inspired … read more
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9. Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
By: Samuel Richardson , Angus Ross
4.33
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe… read more
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10. Vathek
By: William Beckford
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author … read more
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11. The Beggar's Opera
By: John Gay , Bryan Loughrey , T.O. Treadwell
4.07
Format: 213 pages,
The Beggar's Opera introduced to theater the ballad-opera and an immortal cast of characters. The P… read more
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12. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
By: Olaudah Equiano , Robert J. Allison
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the fi… read more
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13. Castle Rackrent and Ennui
By: Maria Edgeworth , Marilyn Butler
2.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Thady Quirk, devoted steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a riotous stor… read more
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14. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
By: James Hogg , John Carey
3.88
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
James Hogg wrote about the supernatural powerfully and convincingly, especially in his best-known n… read more
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15. Evelina
By: None , Edward A. Bloom
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive accou… read more
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16. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
By: Samuel Johnson , None
4.27
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Rasselas--regarded as Johnson's most creative work--presents the story of the journey of Rasselas a… read more
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17. Three Tales
By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Roger Whitehouse
4.03
Format: 325 pages,
First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness,… read more
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18. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
By: Samuel Richardson , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century… read more
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19. Castle Rackrent
By: Maria Edgeworth
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackren… read more
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20. Arabic as a Secret Song
By: Leïla Sebbar , None , None
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
The celebrated and highly versatile writer Leila Sebbar was born in French colonial Algeria but has… read more
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21. Love in Excess
By: Eliza Fowler Haywood , None
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"This readable edition of Haywood's blockbuster novel is an important addition to our understanding… read more
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