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Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
The seminal feminist work, was published in England. Challenging the notion that women exist only to please men, she proposed that women and men be given equal opportunities in education, work, and politics (Burkett, Elinor and Brunell, Laura. "feminism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism. Accessed 22 February 2022). -
Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 is composed
Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, was dedicated to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early patron of the composer. -
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Fur Elise is composed by Beethoven. A classical piece that is played throughout the centuries. -
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin is published. -
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is published. -
The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allen Poe
Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher was a turning point in gothic literature. It gave the public a real sense of horror in literature. His aestheticism was shown through his prose and poetry. -
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol is published, which recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. -
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Perhaps the most haunting and tormented love story ever written, Wuthering Heights is the tale of the troubled orphan Heathcliff and his doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw. -
Impressionist Movement
The impressionist movement was developed by Claude Monet and other painters mostly based in Paris following the early 1860's. They rebelled against classical subject matter and embraced modernity, desiring to create works that reflected the world in which they lived -
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace is published by Leo Tolstoy. -
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. -
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Little Women shows the lives of Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg March in the mid 1800's. It follows Jo, a daring and intrepid young woman who writes for a living. This book changed the world and how little girls saw themselves. -
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry, and he soon is enthralled by the man's hedonistic worldview. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a life of amoral experiences while staying beautiful; while his portrait ages -
Jazz starts in New Orleans
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Ulysses - James Joyce
Ulysses is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement." -
The Great Gatsby - John Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby, a famous romance novel is published. -
L'etranger - Albert Camus
The irrationality of human actions and decisions is one of the major themes of The Stranger. Camus presents the character of Meursault to show this irrationality in human actions, decisions, life, and relationships. -
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar, a jarring story of Esther Greenwood, a suicidal college student, changed the world and it's venture into the world of mental health. -
Queen the band forms
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. -
Maurice - E.M. Forester
Maurice in published. The story of two homosexual men in the early 1900's.
