Posted in Psychological Fiction Short StoryBartleby, the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleAlienation, Modernity, Resistance
Posted in Allegorical Fiction NovelMardi And a Voyage Thither by Herman MelvilleAllegory, Exploration, Philosophy
Posted in Novel Psychological FictionPierre or The Ambiguities by Herman MelvilleIdentity, Madness, Morality
Posted in Autobiography Social CommentaryUp From Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonEducation, Perseverance, Racism
Posted in Short Stories Travel NarrativeThe Encantadas or Enchanted Isles by Herman MelvilleHumanity, Isolation, Nature
Posted in Philosophical Fiction SatireThe Mysterious Stranger by Mark TwainFree Will, Morality, Religion
Posted in Short Story Social CommentaryA Dog’s Tale by Mark TwainAnimal Rights, Compassion, Injustice
Posted in Satire Short StoryThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark TwainGreed, Hypocrisy, Integrity
Posted in Children's Literature FantasyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank BaumCourage, Friendship, Home, Identity
Posted in Adventure Historical FictionThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard PyleFolklore, Friendship, Justice, Rebellion
Posted in Novel Social ProtestUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweFreedom, Injustice, Religion, Slavery
Posted in Modernist Fiction NovelThe Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott FitzgeraldDecay, Disillusionment, Love, Wealth
Posted in Adventure Philosophical NovelMoby Dick or The Whale by Herman MelvilleFate, Nature, Obsession, Revenge
Posted in Bildungsroman NovelThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott FitzgeraldAmbition, Identity, Love, Youth
Posted in Adventure NovelOmoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman MelvilleColonialism, Rebellion, Travel
Posted in Autobiography MemoirNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick DouglassEducation, Freedom, Identity, Slavery
Posted in Adventure Historical NovelThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperCulture, Frontier Life, Heroism, War
Posted in Fiction Short StoriesThe Piazza Tales by Herman MelvilleIsolation, Morality, Perception, Sea
Posted in Science Fiction Utopian FictionHerland by Charlotte Perkins GilmanFeminism, Gender, Society, Utopia
