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  • The Picture of Dorian Gray 
    Wilde, Oscar (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a philosophical novel by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde; it is his only novel. The story centre's on Dorian Gray, the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist ...
  • Poems by Claude McKay 
    McKay, Claude (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    This poetry anthology contains poems from Claude Mckay's Songs of Jamaica (1912), Constab Ballads (1912), Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems (1920), and Harlem Shadows (1922).
  • Poetics 
    Aristotle (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    Poetics (circa 335 BC) by Aristotle is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first surviving philosophical essay to focus on literary theory. Aristotle divides the art of poetry into three genres: verse ...
  • Roughing it in the Bush 
    Moodie, Susanna (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    Roughing It in the Bush (1852)—full title Roughing It in The Bush: or, Forest Life in Canada—is a novel by English-born writer Susanna Moodie who immigrated to Upper Canada, near modern-day Peterborough, Ontario during the ...
  • Sketches of Southern Life 
    Harper, Frances (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    Sketches of Southern Life (1872) is a poetry anthology by American abolitionist and writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Using topics like family, education, religion, slavery, and Reconstruction, the anthology is a ...
  • The Awakening 
    Chopin, Kate (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Awakening (1899) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin; it marks early feminism as it was one of the earliest American novels to focus on women's issues without condescension. The novel centers on Edna Pontellier ...
  • North and South 
    Gaskell, Elizabeth (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    North and South (1854) is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. The novel follows Margaret Hale as she is forced to leave her home in the tranquil, rural south and settle with her parents in the fictional ...
  • The Book of Small 
    Carr, Emily (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Book of Small (1942) is a novel by Canadian author and painter Emily Carr. It is an early childhood memoir consisting of thirty-six word sketches in which the author relates anecdotes about her life as a young girl ...
  • The Cask of Amontillado 
    Poe, Edgar Allan (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    "The Cask of Amontillado" (1846) is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Set in Italy in an unspecified year, the story is about a man, Montresor, luring his former friend Fortunato to a fatal immurement for ...
  • The Communist Manifesto 
    Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Communist Manifesto (1848)—originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party—is a pamphlet by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Manifesto was commissioned by the Communist League and first published ...
  • The Federalist Papers 
    Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Federalist Papers (published between October 1787 and May 1788) is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by statesmen and Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The articles were ...
  • The Future of the American Negro 
    Washington, Booker T. (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Future of the American Negro (1899) is a novel by American educator Booker T. Washington. The novel presented his opinions on the history of enslaved and freed African-American people, as well as his ideas regarding ...
  • The Great Gatsby 
    Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Great Gatsby (1925) is a novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel follows Nick Carraway, a young bond salesman, and his strange interactions and ensuing friendship with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby ...
  • The Island of Doctor Moreau 
    Wells, H.G. (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. The novel follows Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is then left on the island home of Doctor ...
  • The Life History and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, 1847 
    Copyway, George (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (1847) is a published memoir by Native American author George Copway. The novel centers on his life and time as a missionary. Not only did the novel make him Canada's ...
  • The Mysteries of Udolpho 
    Radcliffe, Ann (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) is a Gothic romance novel by English author Ann Radcliffe. The narrative follows Emily St. Aubert, a young woman who suffers misadventures that include the death of her mother and father, ...
  • The Nicomachean Ethics 
    Aristotle (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Nicomachean Ethics (circa 322 BC) is an ethical treatise by Aristotle. In the text, Aristotle offers a defence of the idea of eudaimonism (human flourishing or happiness) which is achieved as a result of human choice ...
  • The Odyssey 
    Homer (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Odyssey (originally composed in the 8th or 7th century BCE; published in English in 1614) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems by Homer. The story follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his journey ...
  • The Prince 
    Machiavelli, Niccolò (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Prince (1532) is a political treatise by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The text is an instruction guide for new princes and royals.
  • The Big Sea 
    Hughes, Langston (Toronto Metropolitan University, 2022-02-15)
    The Big Sea (1940) is a novel by American poet Langston Hughes. It chronicles Hughes's life as a young adult in Harlem and Paris in the 1920s. In Paris, he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. In Harlem, he was a rising ...

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