Works like American Writers
American Writers is later revealed and belongs to The 1800s. These works share its status, era, or form, ranked by how much they share.
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Fantasmagoriana
The anonymous 1812 French anthology of German ghost stories that the Byron-Shelley circle read in 1816, sparking Frankenstein. Its translator-compiler was Jean-Baptiste Benoit Eyries.
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Tales of the Dead
The anonymous 1813 English ghost story anthology drawn from Fantasmagoriana, translated and edited by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, with a story of her own added.
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
James De Mille's satirical lost-world novel, serialized anonymously in 1888 after the author's death. The attribution is documented in De Mille scholarship.
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A Warning
The 2019 book credited to Anonymous, a senior Trump administration official. Miles Taylor revealed himself as the author in 2020.
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Brother Jonathan: or, the New Englanders
John Neal's 1825 novel of New England life, published anonymously in Edinburgh. The attribution to Neal is documented in scholarship on the author.
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Democracy
The 1880 satirical novel of Washington power and corruption, published anonymously. Henry Adams's authorship was kept secret until after his death.
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Elizabeth and Her German Garden
The 1898 comic journal of a garden and a marriage, published anonymously. Its author became famous as 'Elizabeth', later known as Elizabeth von Arnim.
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's 1818 novel of the scientist and his creature, published anonymously with a preface by Percy Shelley. Her name appeared on the 1823 second edition.
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Logan
John Neal's 1822 Gothic novel of frontier violence and revenge, published anonymously in Baltimore. The attribution is documented in Neal scholarship.
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Seventy-Six
John Neal's 1823 novel of the Revolutionary War, credited on its title page to 'the author of Logan'. The attribution to Neal is documented.
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Skibby Chronicle
A sixteenth century Danish chronicle found walled up in Skibby church, written anonymously. Scholarship identifies the Carmelite Poul Helgesen as its author.
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Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation
The anonymous 1874 critique of the New Testament's miracle evidence that convulsed Victorian theology. Walter Richard Cassels was identified in his lifetime.