Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Fictional Lives Through History
- Dramatic Lives: Fictional Biographies
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Celibates
The author is considered the first great Irish writer of realist fiction and is said to have been an inspiration for James Joyce. Celibates …
Marge Askinforit
A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfu…
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The author calls this a religious parable and it is called an allegory in the book itself. A young, 18th century Scottish boy is converted t…
Collected Works of Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
A collection of 4 short works by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. - Summary by Krista Zaleski
Tono-Bungay
Tono-Bungay is a realist semi-autobiographical novel. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, a science student who is drafted in to help with t…
Arabella Stuart
Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successo…
Outa Karel’s Stories
Sanni Metelerkamp was a South African playwright and author born in 1867. She is well known for her biography of her great-grandfather, Geor…
Jeremy And Hamlet
Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy (Jeremy (1919 available a…
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
Take a fascinating journey from France to America through the "eyes" of a pocket handkerchief. She marvels at the vastness of the …
The Pickwick Papers
A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …
Bleak House
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follo…
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
This is the fictional diary of a young Japanese woman, first published in installments before being published in a single volume. The book d…
There is a Tavern in the Town
There is a Tavern in the Town invites listeners into the lively world of a barstool philosopher, where humor and insight intertwine. This en…
David Copperfield
Esta obra narra la vida de David Copperfield desde su infancia hasta la madurez. El padre de David muere seis meses antes de que él n…
Richelieu
Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around Ameri…
Life and Adventures of Jack Engle
This story ran as a serial in 1852 in the New York Sunday Dispatch, and for more than 160 years was buried in obscurity, unknown to the worl…
The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this nov…
The Black-Bearded Barbarian
The Black-Bearded Barbarian offers a vivid portrayal of George Mackay, a Presbyterian missionary whose life and work left a lasting impact o…