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Books in the Essays genre:

Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1720)

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Robinson writes a series of essays, illuminated by his many adventures. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Sketches by Boz (1836)

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This first series of Sketches by Boz was published in two volumes. Short pieces about people and places. This is a reprint of the original and its illustrations at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Sunday Under Three Heads (1836)

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Written under the Dickens pseudonym of Timothy Sparks, this pamphlet opposed proposed laws restricting popular entertainment on Sundays. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Timothy Sparks
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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Sketches by Boz: The Second Series (1837)

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This further collection was published in a single volume. The second edition of this title included two additional illustrations.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Sketches of Young Gentlemen (1838)

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A collection of humorous sketches, written as a reply to Sketches of Young Women, written by Edward Casell, with which and Sketches of Young Couples, it is frequently published.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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Sketches by Boz: New Edition, Complete (1839)

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In Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, Walter E. Smith writes: “When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a ... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Sketches of Young Couples (1840)

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A collection of humorous sketches.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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Fraser’s Magazine (1842)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this magazine in the years 1842 to 1844.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Illustrated London News (1848)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this magazine in the years 1848 to 1851.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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A Jar of Honey From Mount Hybla (1848)

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A book on the pastoral poetry of Sicily. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Leigh Hunt
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Owen Jones

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The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1849)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this journal in the years 1849 and 1850.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Cornhill Magazine (1861)

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Richard Doyle contributed to this popular literary magazine during 1861 and 1862.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Uncommercial Traveller (1861)

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This is the first edition of sketches written during the author’s nighttime walks through London. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): None

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The Owl, A Wednesday Journal of Politics and Society (1865)

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A journal of politics and society, mainly written by parliamentary secretaries. Richard Doyle drew the cover.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Uncommercial Traveller (1866)

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This is the second, cheap, enlarged edition of Dickens’ essays and tales produced by his nighttime wanderings through London. It includes a frontispiece. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): G. J. Pinwell

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches (1867)

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Twain heard the title story told in a saloon in Angels Camp, one of the gold mining towns in California. Includes a total of forty-one pieces which had earlier appeared in newspapers. Read online at Archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): None

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Drawn from Life (1868)

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The Sketches of Young Ladies appeared first and Dickens was hired to produce the sequels. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Edward Caswall
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne

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The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims’ Progress (1869)

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Originally written as letters to American newspapers, this travelogue includes a large dollop of satire on the Americans abroad and the Europeans who engaged to fleece them. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Number One: Mark Twain’s Sketches (1874)

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Thirteen tales and sketches.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): R. T. Sperry

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Mark Twain’s Sketches: New and Old (1875)

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Sixty-six pieces, many of which were previously published from the author’s periodical journalism. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): True W. Williams

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