Waverley appeared in 1814 and is considered the first British historical novel. The materials are Highland feudalism, military bravery, and description of natural scenery.
Waverley, or, ‘Tis Sixty Years Since is the first novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Category: Romantic Era
Werther and Charlotte. Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).
The suffering of the young Werther is regarded as the key novel of the Sturm and Drang (literally “storm and drive”). It developed into “the first bestseller of German literature”.
The Parisian Lady. La femme comme il faut. Honoré de Balzac
As the botanist detects among the hills and valleys some choice and unexpected prize, so you, amid Parisian vulgarities, have encountered a rare and exquisite blossom! It is the PARISIAN LADY!-the “FEMME COMME IL FAUT.”
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand.
The Burial of Atala. Francois Auguste Chateaubriand’s “Atala.”
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Heinrich Heine.
Atta Troll. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a narrative poem by Heinrich Heine. Atta Troll is one of the most virtuosic works Heines. German Romantic.
Students from Heidelberg, 1840.
Students from Heidelberg, ca. 1840. Romantic era.
Postilion and Innkeeper, Baden.
Postilion and Innkeeper from Baden, Germany. Around Kehl, ca. 1840.
Peasants from Baden.
Peasants from Baden, ca. 1840.
Don Manuel discovers Beatrice.
Don Manuel discovers Beatrice. The Bride of Messina by Friedrich Schiller.
The Quiver of Love. A collection of Valentines.
A collection of Valentines ancient and modern. With illustrations, in colors, from drawings by Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway.
