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The winter medley: or, amusement for the fire-side. Containing a curious collection of entertaining stories, Interesting Novels, Remarkable Tales, Curious Anecdotes, Essays, Allegories, Visions, and select pieces of poetry, &c. &c. &c. To which is added, (never before published) The little variety; or, the Welch dream: from a mountain in South Wales, called Cryg-Ifan.
Date: 1774- Books
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A companion for the fire-side; or, winter evening's amusement. Containing a curious collection of entertaining and instructive essays, visions, Relations, Stories, Tales, Fables, Allegories, Historical Facts, Eastern Tales, Novels, Remarkable Events, Singular Occurrences, &c in prose and verse. Selected from the most eminent writers in several languages; together with some curious original storie that never appeared in print before.
Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A companion for the fire-side; or, Winter Evening's Amusement. Containing a curious collection of entertaining and instructive essays, visions, Relations, Stories, Tales, Fables, Allegories, Historical Facts, Eastern Tales, Novels, Remarkable Events, Singular Occurrences, &c. in prose and verse. Selected from the most eminent writers in several languages; together with some curious original storie that never appeared in print before.
Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
Self-control / Mary Brunton ; edited by Anthony Mandal.
Brunton, Mary, 1778-1818.Date: 2014- Books
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The Lover's instructer; or, The whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing I. Ingeninus letters, proper for both sexes, on love and courship. II. Elegant love letters, in verse III. The art of personal courtship, in several dialogues. IV. Novels and dialogues, relative to love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefixed, a preface, containing Directions in the choice of a wife.
Date: 1792- Books
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The sentimental connoisseur: or, pleasing and entertaining novelist. Being an elegant and new assemblage of lively effusions of fancy, polite tales, Diverting Essays, Droll Adventures, Pleasing Stories, Entertaining Novels, Comic Characters, Facctious Histories, Affecting Examples, Striking Remarks, Pointed Satires, &c. &c. Entirely calculated to form in the Mind the most virtuous Sentiments: And Adapted to promote a love of Virtue and an abhorrence of Vice.
Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Spanish amusements: or, the adventures of that celebrated courtezan Seniora Rufina call'd, the pole-cat of Seville. Being, A Detection of the Artifices used be such of the Fair Sex, as aim more at thy Purses, than at the Hearts of their Admirers. In Six Novels. I. The Miser punished. II. The Unfortunate Rivals. III. The Beautiful Jilt. IV. The Amorous Priest. V. The Artful Lover. VI. The Religious Libertines.
Castillo Solórzano, Alonso de, 1584-1648?.Date: [1727]- Books
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The Lover's instructor; or, The whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing I. Ingenious letters, proper for both sexes on love and courtship. II. Elegant love letters in verse. III. The art of personal courtship in several dialogues. IV. Novels and dialogues relative to love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefix'd, a preface, directing each sex how to make a prudent choice in a partner for life.
Date: [1767?]- Books
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The lover's instructor: or, the whole art of courtship, rendered plain and easy. Containing: I. Ingenious letters, proper for both Sexes, on Love and Courtship. II. Elegant love letters in verse. III. The art of personal courtship in several Dialogues, IV. Novels and dialogues relative to Love. With several other curious particulars. To which is prefixed, A Preface, directing each sex how to make a prudent choice in a partner for life. To this edition is added a collection of toasts and sentiments, in three classes.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
Booklist's guide to graphic novels in libraries.
Date: [2019]- Books
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Catalogue of the London and Westminster Circulating Library; consisting of a very large collection of books in all branches of literature, viz. History, Antiquities, Voyages and Travels, Biography, Divinity, Natural History, Geography, Novels, Tales, and Romances, Poetry, Plays, Botany, Philosophy, Astronomy, Mathematics, Polite and Useful Arts, Husbandry, Gardening, Physic and Surgery, The best Authors in the French and Italian Languages, &c. which are lent to read by David Ogilvy & Son, booksellers, No. 315, Holborn, near Chancery-Lane, London. New books, Pamphlets, &c. are added as soon as published
David Ogilvy & Son (London, England)Date: 1797- Books
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A new catalogue of Bell's circulating library, Consisting of above Fifty Thousand Volumes, (english, Italian, and French) in History, Antiquities, Voyages, Travels, Lives Memoirs, Philosophy, Geography, Novels, Divinity, Physic, Surgery, Anatomy, Arts, Sciences, Plays, Poetry, Husbandry, Trade, Commerce, Gardening, Coins, Minerals. Including all the Books that have been lately published: Which are Lent to Read, At Twelve Shillings per Year; or, Four Shillings per Quarter: By John Bell, Bookseller, Near Exeter Exchange, in the Strand. Where New Books are purchased as soon as published, for the Use of Subscribers.
Bell, John, 1745-1831.Date: 1778]- Books
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The history of John of Bourbon, Prince of Carency. Containing A Variety of entertaining Novels, viz. 1. The Surprize, or the Generous Unknown. 2. The Mutual Mistake, or The Unhappy Discovery. 3. The Secret Rival, or the Deceitful Friend. 4. The Perfidious Lady disappointed, or the Happy Reconciliation. 5. The Slighted Passion, or the Fatal Resentment. 6. The Unfortunate Lover. 7. The Female Captives. 8. The Distressed Lovers. 9. The Revengeful Rival. 10. The Happy Meeting, or Constant Love Rewarded. Written in French by the Countess D'Aunois, Author of the Ladies Travels into Spain.
Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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The merry fellow; or, jovial companion: being the wit's pocket-book and entertaining magazine of Pleasant Adventures Brilliant Jests, Comic Tules, Smart Puns, Droll Quibbles, English Bulls. Exquisice Epigrams Humorous Epitaphs Ingenious Novels, Recreative Riddles Keen Repairees, Jocund Whims, Risible Jokes, Amorous Pastorals Amusing Fables, Excellent Poems, Diverting Stories, Facetious Songs, Chearful Dialogues, Arch Questions, Ludicious Speeches, Gay Letters, Witty Reflexions, Characters, &c. &c. The whole designed, To prevent the Spleen, banish Melancholy, and expel from the Heart those malignant and sullen Humours which destroy the Harmony of social Life. By Luke Lively, gent.
Lively, Luke.Date: 1757- Books
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A catalogue of R. Fisher's circulating library, in the High-Bridge, Newcastle. Comprising a Selection of the best Authors ON History, Biography, Divinity, Philosophy, Husbandry, Aerostation, Chemistry; and a choice Collection of Voyages and Travels, Novels and Romances, Poems and Plays, in the English and French Languages: With a great Variety of Pamphlets on the most interesting Subjects. Which Are Lent To BE Read, At Twelve Shillings a Year, OR Three Shillings a Quarter. All new Books and Pamphlets on interesting or entertaining Subjects, will be added to the Library as soon as published.
Fisher's Circulating Library (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)Date: 1791- Archives and manuscripts
Manuscripts and ideas for novels
Date: c.1982Reference: PP/ROS/H/2/4Part of: The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)- Books
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A new and complete collection of interesting romances and novels; translated from the French, by Mr. Porney, Teacher of the French Language at Richmond, Surry. Designed For Instruction as well as Entertainment, being calculated to convey a general Knowledge of the World; and consisting of the most valuable and important Romances, Novels, Fables, Allegories, Memoirs, Adventures, Histories, Anecdotes, &c. Not to be found in any other Work whatever in English. Embellished with an elegant set of copper-plate prints, designed by the celebrated Mr. Dodd and the ingenious Mr. Dighton, and engraved in a superior Style of Excellence by those eminent Artists, Messrs. Wells, How, and Mears-The Impressions of which being all exceedingly fine, and executed in the best Manner on French Paper.
Date: [1780?]- Books
The week end novels book of cookery / Allied Newspapers Ltd.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929]- Archives and manuscripts
Essay entitled `Considerations on novels and novel reading'
Date: January 1865Reference: PP/BAR/L/2Part of: Barlow, Sir Thomas (1845-1945)- Books
The psychiatric novels of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Oberndorf, Clarence P. (Clarence Paul), 1882-1954.Date: [1944]- Books
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A collection of novels, selected and revised by Mrs. Griffith. ...
Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
Dramatisations of Scott's novels : a catalogue / Richard Ford.
Ford, Richard, 1948-Date: 1979- Books
Psychology and health in Jane Austen's novels / Fabienne Smith.
Smith, Fabienne.Date: 1990- Books
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Secret histories, novels, and poems. In four volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. ...
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.Date: 1742- Books
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Secret histories, novels, and poems. In four volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood. ...
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]