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Oroonoko
Aphra Behn
12 days •
ⓘ 1688 • After his grandfather casts them into slavery, Prince Oroonoko and Imoinda are transported to the colony of Surinam. Once there Oroonoko sets about winning his freedom.
The Ethics
Benedict de Spinoza
30 days •
ⓘ 1677 • A masterpiece of Enlightenment-era philosophy.
The Man in the Moone
Francis Godwin
6 days •
ⓘ 1638 • Considered one of the earliest science fiction stories, this contains the adventures of Domingo Gonsales. Among other voyages, Gonsales journeys to the moon via, ah, fowl means.
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Mary Rowlandson
7 days •
ⓘ 1682 • In the midst of King Philip's War in colonial Massachusetts, Native Americans capture Mary Rowlandson. She experiences eleven weeks with them until being released to her family.
Discourse on the Method
Rene Descartes
8 days •
ⓘ 1637 • A philosophical treatise discussing skepticism -- to Descartes, the process of approaching everything with doubt and clear of preconceived notions.
The New Atlantis
Francis Bacon
5 days •
ⓘ 1626 • An incomplete utopian novel portraying the ideal future of human discovery and knowledge.
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