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literary-fictionmysteryadventurefantasydramaromancescience-fictionchildrenbiographyhistorical-fictionphilosophypoetryshort-storieshumorhorrorFrankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) -- FictionFrankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- FictionGothic fiction

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Metamorphoses by Ovid

Metamorphoses

Ovid · 1479

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

My Brilliant Career

Miles Franklin · 1965

My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir

My First Summer in the Sierra

John Muir · 1911

My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

My Reminiscences

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass · 1845

Olney Hymns by John Newton

Olney Hymns

John Newton · 1779

On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham

On a Chinese Screen

W. Somerset Maugham · 1922

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy

G. K. Chesterton · 1874

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley

Parnassus on Wheels

Christopher Morley · 1917

Pointed Roofs by Dorothy M. Richardson

Pointed Roofs

Dorothy M. Richardson · 1915

Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey

Queen Victoria

Lytton Strachey · 1921

Red Dusk and the Morrow by Paul Dukes

Red Dusk and the Morrow

Paul Dukes · 1922

Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Representative Men

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1850

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William Craft

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

William Craft · 1860

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum · 1900

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

John Locke · 1693

Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

D. H. Lawrence · 1913

Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford

Sticks and Stones

Lewis Mumford · 1924

The Autobiography of an Idea by Louis H. Sullivan

The Autobiography of an Idea

Louis H. Sullivan · 1924

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · 1791

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge by Calvin Coolidge

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge · 1929

The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill

The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill

The Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk

The Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk

Black Hawk · 1882