Essays

6 works of essays from 1711 to 1920, by 6 authors including Charles Lamb, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. E. B. Du Bois. Every text is complete, free to read, and comes with chapter navigation and AI commentary.

Philosophy Fiction Drama Poetry History Nonfiction Essays
Ancient Medieval Renaissance 17th-18th C 19th Century 20th Century

17th-18th C · 1

The Spectator — Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, 1711

19th Century · 4

Table Talk — William Hazlitt, 1821
Essays of Elia — Charles Lamb, 1823
A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays — Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1840
Representative Men — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1850

20th Century · 1

Darkwater — W. E. B. Du Bois, 1920

Authors · 6

Charles Lamb · Joseph Addison and Richard Steele · Percy Bysshe Shelley · Ralph Waldo Emerson · W. E. B. Du Bois · William Hazlitt

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