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The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works — Thomas Carlyle

The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Life of Oliver Goldsmith — Austin Dobson

Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Lettere Di Luigi Pulci a Lorenzo Il Magnifico E Ad Altri — Luigi Pulci

Lettere Di Luigi Pulci a Lorenzo Il Magnifico E Ad Altri

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Life of Cervantes — Robinson Smith

The Life of Cervantes

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer — John Nichols

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Andrew Marvell — Augustine Birrell

Augustine Birrell

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll — Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll — Stuart Dodgson Collingwood

STUART DODGSON. COLLINGWOOD

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater — Thomas de Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Life of Lord Byron — Rodel Noel

Life of Lord Byron

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle; Volume 1 — James Anthony Froude

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle; Volume 1

James Anthony Froude

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Private Correspondence Of David Garrick With The Most Celebrated Persons Of His Time In Two Volumes; Volume 2 — David Garrick

The Private Correspondence Of David Garrick With The Most Celebrated Persons Of His Time In Two Volumes; Volume 2

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Story of My Heart My Autobiography — Richard Jefferies

Story of My Heart My Autobiography

Richard Jefferies

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

A Personal Record — Joseph Conrad

A Personal Record

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Biography of Alfred de Musset — Paul De Musset

The Biography of Alfred de Musset

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Works of the English Poets; With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical — Samuel Johnson

The Works of the English Poets; With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Mémoires De Goldoni Précédes D’une Notice Sur La Comédie Italienne Au Seizième Siècle, Et Sur Goldoni; Volume 1 — Carlo Goldoni

Mémoires De Goldoni Précédes D’une Notice Sur La Comédie Italienne Au Seizième Siècle, Et Sur Goldoni; Volume 1

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Tragedy of Tragedies Or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great — Henry Fielding

The Tragedy of Tragedies Or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Some Imagist Poets An Anthology; Volume 2 — Anonymous

Some Imagist Poets An Anthology; Volume 2

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Life of John Milton — Richard Garnett

Life of John Milton

Richard Garnett

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

William Blake — G. K. 1874-1936 Chesterton

G. K. 1874-1936 Chesterton

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Addressed to Richard Hengist Horne, With Comments on Contemporaries; Volume 1 — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Addressed to Richard Hengist Horne, With Comments on Contemporaries; Volume 1

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne; Volume 2 — Algernon Charles Swinburne

The Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne; Volume 2

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

George Sand Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings — René Doumic

George Sand Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings

Themes: Arts & Literature • World Literature • Biographies & Memoirs

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Personal Transformation, Arts & Literature, World Literature — the same threads that run through Samuel Richardson by Austin Dobson. Among the authors featured: Thomas Carlyle, Austin Dobson, Luigi Pulci, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and others.

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