Literature from Regency Books 1811

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill] John Cleland A HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure - popularly known as Fanny Hill - is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London. There has been speculation that the novel was at least… Read more about this item

Castle of Otranto Horatio Walpole A HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. First published in 1764, it is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. Walpole himself applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle of the second edition: A Gothic Story. Set in a haunted castle, the novel merged medievalism and terror in… Read more about this item

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne A HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768. In 1765, Sterne travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. The novel was extremely… Read more about this item

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818,… Read more about this item