Here's a novel about a young English woman (Cecilia, of course) whose parents and uncle have all died, leaving her a considerable fortune...

Fanny Burney is only the sixth woman, out of 56 books so far, whose work appears on the “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” list,...

This is one of those items of popular culture that impacts the society to such an extent that the mere fact of its existence is almost...

The older I get, the less patience I have with fools. A great many people besides me get impatient with fools, of course. The surprise to...

Novels from this period, including Fielding's, frequently share a number of characteristics – length, episodic structure, plots that deal...

Well, here it is - maybe the most famous dirty book in the history of the English language. And it's dirty, all right, but what it mostly...

Henry Fielding was the author of one of the most popular novels of early English literature, "Tom Jones". Before that, however, came...

Here's the last novel by Daniel Defoe, author of one of the best-loved novels in English literature – "Robinson Crusoe", of course....

Some confusion seems to exist as to the true provenance of "Amadis Of Gaul," and even as to its true author. Did Garci Rodriguez de...

This story tells of a mysterious princess, her great beauty, her various suitors and how they all make fools of themselves. If it weren't...

Yet another in the long list of candidates for The First Novel, which also includes such notables as Don Quixote, The Tale Of Genji,...