18th Century Book Summaries

Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.05
56.6K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
322.2K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.83
21.9K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1.0K ratings
History
Biography
Historical
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
291.6K ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Summary
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by Edmund Burke 1757 208 pages
3.69
2.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.73
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1710 224 pages
3.83
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
Critique of Practical Reason Summary
Critique of Practical Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1788 181 pages
3.94
11.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
A Conspiracy of Paper Summary
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss 2000 506 pages
3.87
11.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
by George Berkeley 1710 80 pages
3.72
3.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Classics
Preface to Shakespeare Summary
Preface to Shakespeare
by Samuel Johnson 1778 68 pages
3.61
356 ratings
Classics
Literary Criticism
Essays
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume 1748 96 pages
3.94
21.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Psychology
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