Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Fictional Lives Through History
- Dramatic Lives: Fictional Biographies
- Classics of Personal Journeys
Silas Strong
Per the author: "The book has one high ambition. It has tried to tell the sad story of the wilderness itself—to show, from the woodsman…
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…
Orlando, A Biography
Virginia Woolf's most successful novel recounts the extraordinary biography of Orlando from his youth in the reign of Elizabeth I to her lif…
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 …
Heimskringla
Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Ice…
Der Grüne Heinrich
Der grüne Heinrich von Gottfried Keller ist ein teilweise autobiographischer Roman, der neben Goethes Wilhelm Meister und Stifters Nach…
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape …
Days With Sir Roger de Coverley
The author Sir Richard Steele, who was one of the writers for The Spectator, gets the opportunity to spend a month in Sir Roger de Coverley'…
Genji Monogatari
Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…
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…
The Autobiography of Cockney Tom
The Autobiography of Cockney Tom, Showing his Struggles through Life,and proving this Truth of the Old Saying "that Honesty is the best…
The Last Day of a Condemned
A man who has been condemned to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not bet…
Reveries of a Bachelor
Reveries of a Bachelor, or A Book of the Heart, is a novel by American author Donald Grant Mitchell published under the pseudonym Ik Marvel.…
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…
Lay Down Your Arms
Die Waffen Nieder, in English: Lay Down Your Arms is a fictional biography, which describes four wars from the perspective of a soldier's wi…
Curiosities of Street Literature
This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre. Eine Autobiographie (Originaltitel: Jane Eyre. An Autobiography), erstmals erschienen im Jahr 1847 unter dem Pseudonym Currer Bel…
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Il fu Mattia Pascal è un celebre romanzo di Luigi Pirandello che apparve dapprima a puntate sulla rivista "Nuova Antologia"…
Shakspere
A fictitious account of a "friend" of William Shakespeare, who accompanies him from his birth to his death and beyond, chronicling…
Tagebuch eines halbwüchsigen Mädchens
In Form eines Tagebuches wird die Entwicklung des in gehobenen Wiener Verhältnissen aufwachsenden Mädchens Grete Lainer vom elften…