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ReadThe Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
Leslie Stephen
The work is a biographical memoir written by Leslie Stephen about his elder brother, Sir James Fitzjames…
ReadTennyson and his friends
The work is a memoir‑type recollection that opens with a personal request to recount the narrator’s early…
ReadThe Condition of Catholics Under James I. Father Gerard's Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot
John Gerard
The work is a first‑person historical account that combines a detailed autobiographical sketch with Father…
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera
Pietro Martire d' Anghiera
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 is the first half of Pietro Martire d’Anghiera’s eight‑decade chronicle of the New…
ReadAnecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 1 of 3)
Shearjashub Spooner
This volume is a scholarly anthology of anecdotes and curiosities concerning painters, engravers, sculptors…
ReadThe Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II
Alexander Wheelock Thayer
The volume is a scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven authored by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, a…
Apologia pro vita sua
John Henry Newman
Apologia pro vita sua is the autobiographical defence that John Henry Newman, a leading figure of the…
ReadGróf Károlyi Gábor följegyzései (1. kötet)
Károly Eötvös
The work is a memoir‑type record compiled by Károly Eötvös, who presents himself as the confidant of Count…
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
Charles Darwin
The second volume of Charles Darwin’s Life and Letters gathers a selection of his private correspondence,…
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Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writings; A New Chronology of His Plays; A Disquisition on the on the Object of His Sonnets; And a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age](/covers/53626.jpg)
ReadShakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writings; A New Chronology of His Plays; A Disquisition on the on the Object of His Sonnets; And a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age
Nathan Drake
The work is a scholarly compendium by Nathan Drake, M.D., published in London in 1817, that gathers…
ReadMemoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. I)
Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de
This work is a first‑hand memoir by Emmanuel‑Auguste‑Dieudonné, comte de Las Cases, who spent eighteen months…
ReadFrederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
This volume is a scholarly biography of Frederick Douglass, written by Booker T.
ReadEccentricities of genius: Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage
James B. Pond
ReadA memoir of Sir John Drummond Hay, P.C., K.C.B., G.C.M.G., sometime minister at the court of Morocco
Brooks, Louisa Annette Edla Drummond-Hay; Drummond-Hay, Alice Emily; Hay, John H. Drummond
The memoir is a post‑retirement recollection of Sir John Hay Drummond Hay, a long‑serving British Consul…
Joan of Arc
Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower
The work is a nineteenth‑century historical narrative by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower that sets out to…
ReadLouis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle, 1652-1693
Arvède Barine
The work is a historical study that intertwines the early reign of Louis XIV with the life of his cousin…
ReadMichael Faraday, His Life and Work
Silvanus P. Thompson
The book is a scholarly biography that seeks to fill a gap left by earlier nineteenth‑century accounts of…
ReadThe Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Parts I and II
Aleksandr Herzen
The work is a two‑part memoir by Alexander Herzen, the Russian aristocrat‑turned revolutionary whose life…
ReadMemoir of Roger Williams, the Founder of the State of Rhode-Island
James D. Knowles
James D. Knowles’s memoir is a scholarly biography of Roger Williams, the controversial founder of Rhode…
ReadHenrietta Maria
Henrietta Haynes
The work is a scholarly biography of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I, written by Henrietta…
ReadEminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Vol. 2 (of 3)
Montgomery, James; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
This volume is a biographical compendium that gathers the lives of eminent Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese…
ReadLettres de Madame de Sévigné Précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et du traité sur le style épistolaire de Madame de Sévigné
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
Ce volume rassemble la correspondance de Marie de Rabutin‑Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626‑1696), enrichie…
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2
George Gordon Byron
The second volume of Mr. Murray’s edition presents a meticulously compiled record of Lord Byron’s…
ReadThe Letters of William James, Vol. 2
William James