Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the soci...

Jane Austen's remarkable juvenilia date from 1787, when she was eleven, to 1793, when she was sev...

In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Pu...

In 1700, Shakespeare was viewed as one of the leading Renaissance playwrights, but not as supreme...

This 1989 volume was created to mark the three-hundredth anniversary of Samuel Richardson's birth...

Jane Austen's remarkable juvenilia date from 1787, when she was eleven, to 1793, when she was sev...

Since the publication of his novel Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded in 1740, Samuel Richardson's place ...

The life and works of Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) are explored through essays on their historic...

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in liter...

A fresh account of the enormous cultural impact of the first true novel in English.

Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740) is often regarded as the first true novel in English and a land...

In 1700, Shakespeare was viewed as one of the leading Renaissance playwrights, but not as supreme...

Thanks to its tightly paced, intricately plotted narrative and its astute psychological character...

In the eighteenth century, Shakespeare became indisputably the most popular English dramatist. Pu...

Frances Burney (1752–1840) was the most successful female novelist of the eighteenth century. Her...

Thanks to its tightly paced, intricately plotted narrative and its astute psychological character...

This is the second of two volumes of The Additional Journals and Letters of Frances Burney. Toget...

Richardson's complete correspondence with Lady Bradshaigh, long recognised as his most important ...

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (commonly known as Fanny Hill), the most famous erotic novel in En...

Frances Burney (1752–1840) was the most successful female novelist of the eighteenth century. Her...

This edition is the first to present the text as it originally appeared, indicating the changes C...

Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals...

Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her ...

'This first collected edition of John Cleland's correspondence provides a rare insight into a maj...