Set in Europe during the Protestant Reformation and first published in 1799, St. Leon tells the story of an impoverished aristocrat who obtains the philosopher's stone and the elixir of immortality.
Caleb Williams is a psychological thriller and suspenseful tale of detection and pursuit. It is also a powerful political novel, inspired by the events following the French Revolution.... Læs mere
When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a terrible secret.
Criticizes the 'brute engine' of government for systematizing oppression of individual liberty in the name of law and... Læs mere
Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all... Læs mere
A new edition of Godwin's powerful novel of war, madness, and paranoia, edited by a major scholar of Romanticism.
This collection demonstrates the importance of Mary Hays (1759-1843) as an advanced and innovative thinker, philosophical commentator, and writer of deliberately experimental fiction.
Philosopher and writer William Godwin (1756-1836) examines the issue of... Læs mere