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Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
Brown's Works in Early American Fiction:
- Arthur Mervyn, or, Memoirs of the year 1793. Vol.1. (1799)
- Arthur Mervyn, or, Memoirs of the year 1793. Vol.2. (1799)
- Clara Howard ; in a series of letters. (1801)
- Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker. Vol.2. (1799)
- Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker. Vol.1. (1799)
- Edgar Huntly, or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker. Vol.3. (1799)
- Jane Talbot ; a novel. (1801)
- Ormond, or, The secret witness. (1799)
- Wieland, or, The transformation ; an American tale. (1798)
Other Brown Items in the University of Virginia Collections:
- Wieland; or the Transformation. An American Tale. 1798 (500 KB) TOC
- Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist November 1803-March 1805. Illustrations. (160 KB) TOC
- Fragment of a Journal, AMS, dated 1801 March 9-10 1801 March 9 (96 KB)
- Letter to John Hall, Philadelphia, November 21, 1806 1806 (10 KB)
- Quaker testimony against Charles Brockden Brown, 1805 February 20 1820 (5 KB)
- Death notice of Charles Brockden Brown 1810 (5 KB)
Frances Burney
- Dr. Johnson and Fanny Burney [from UVA's Modern English]
- Camilla [from University of Pennsylvania]
Hannah Foster (1759-1840)
Foster's Works in Early American Fiction:
- The boarding school, or, Lessons of a preceptress to her pupils. (1798) | ebook version
- The coquette, or, The history of Eliza Wharton : a novel, founded on fact. (1797) | ebook version
Susanna Haswell Rowson (1762-1824)
Rowson's Works in Early American Fiction:
- Charlotte ; A tale of truth. (1794) | ebook version part 1 and ebook version part 2
- Charlotte's daughter ; or, The three orphans : a sequel to Charlotte Temple. (1828) | ebook version
- The fille de chambre ; a novel. (1794) | ebook version
- The inquisitor, or, Invisible rambler. (1793) | ebook version part 2 and ebook version part 3
- Mentoria, or The young lady's friend ; In two volumes. (1794) | ebook version part 1 and ebook versin part 2
- Reuben and Rachel ; or, Tales of old times. A novel. (1798) | ebook version part 1 and ebook version part 2
- Sarah ; or The exemplary wife. (1813) | ebook version
- Trials of the human heart ; a novel. Vol. 1. (1795)
- Trials of the human heart ; a novel. Vol. 2. (1795)
- Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth; reprinted from the rare first American edition (1794), over twelve hundred errors in later editions being corrected, and the preface restored; with an historical and biographical introduction, bibliography, etc., by Francis W. Halsey. 1794. [from UVA's Modern English]
Royall Tyler (1757-1826)
Tyler's Works in Early American Fiction:
- Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826. The Algerine captive, or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill ; six years a prisoner among the Algerines. (1797) | ebook version part 1 and ebook version part 2
- Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826. The Yankey in London ; being the first part of a series of letters. (1809) | ebook version
- The Contrast: A Comedy 1787 [from UVA's Modern English]
Mary Wollstonecraft
- Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman 1798 [from UVA's Modern English]
- A vindication of the rights of woman / by Mary Wollstonecraft 1892 [from UVA's Modern English]
Other Resources
- Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African 1789 [from The Hanover Historical Texts Project]
- Works by Judith Sargent Murray [from the Judith Sargent Murray Society]