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18th Century

The Age of Enlightenment blazes with revolutionary ideas about reason, beauty, and human nature, as philosophers and writers grapple with fundamental questions about knowledge, morality, and society. Powdered wigs and coffee houses set the scene for both intellectual discourse and gripping tales of adventure, romance, and intrigue in a rapidly changing world.

18th Century Book Summaries

England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress
The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton
by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
British Literature
Critique of Pure Reason Summary
Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant 1781 785 pages
3.96
39k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
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
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Robinson Crusoe Summary
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages
3.68
300k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
A Conspiracy of Paper Summary
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss 2000 506 pages
3.87
11k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Critique of Judgment Summary
Critique of Judgment
by Immanuel Kant 1790 686 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Art
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Summary
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
by Immanuel Kant 1785 120 pages
3.84
21k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
German Literature
Gulliver’s Travels Summary
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift 1726 306 pages
3.59
200k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Adventure
Emile, or On Education Summary
Emile, or On Education
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762 501 pages
3.58
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
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
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
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
3.84
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
18th Century
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley 1713 105 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Religion
Les Liaisons dangereuses Summary
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 402 pages
4.06
55k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
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