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| Vindication on the Rights of Women |
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| Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley. Feminist book, states that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. Suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason. |
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| Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus |
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| Mary W G Shelley. Gothic Novel, where a doctor creates a monster out of assembled body parts. He shuns the monster. Monster feels as if his creator as abandoned him and wishes to be as Adam-loved by his creator. |
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| Mary W G Shelley. An apocalyptic science fiction novel, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. |
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| Percy Bysshe Shelly. It was inspired by an evening walk in the country. "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert" |
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| Percy Bysshe Shelly. Pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best and most well-known works. "Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep" |
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| Jane Austen. Focuses on two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, after their father's death which leaves them in reduced circumstances. They face heartbreak and romance. |
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| Jane Austen. Focuses on Elizabeth Bennett as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, moral rightness, education and marriage in her aristocratic society of early 19th century England and her relationship with her sisters, and Mr Darcy, a proud neighbor. |
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| Thomas Paine. Powerful argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. |
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| Thomas Paine. Popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. |
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| William Wordsworth. Autobiographical, "philosophical" poem in blank verse. |
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| Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
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| Samuel Coleridge. Poem about a man who is cursed mid voyage and returns home, thanks to spirits and other mystical beings. "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" |
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George Gordon, Lord Byron. On an unknown woman.
"She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies" |
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| George Gordon, Lord Byron. Based on a legend, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womaniser but as someone easily seduced by women. |
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| Robert Burns. Poem that is now sung at Hogmanay, or New Year's Eve. |
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| Sir Walter Scott. Wilfred pledges allegiance against his family to the king. |
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John Keats. Written for Fannie Brawne.
"____________, would I were steadfast as thou art —
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night" |
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