Here's one of the earliest of the so-called “slavery narratives,” works from those who lived through slavery times. Thus, they are...

It's not all that common, even today, for male authors to write stories with female main characters (and vice versa – apologies to J.K....

Everybody knows who Robinson Crusoe is, even (or especially) those who haven't read the book. Not only has it remained in print for 300...

Here's one of the first novels by Aphra Behn, one of the first women in England to make her living by writing, a pretty rare thing even...