3.92 avg rating — 26,922 ratings

"Wollstonecraft was by no means the first to champion the "rights of woman," but this book was highly influential on other women in the eighteenth century and later in the nineteenth; notably, studies on Wollstonecraft picked up with second-wave feminism."

3.19 avg rating — 42,584 ratings

"First gothic novel written! Though I'd also vote for Radcliffe's works. <3"

3.39 avg rating — 8,559 ratings

"Richardson's Clarissa was extremely popular and highly influential--see the spate of Clarissa imitations in the 1760s and 1770s. "

3.75 avg rating — 34,297 ratings

"This can arguably be read as a response to Clarissa; it's also an extremely entertaining novel. "

3.41 avg rating — 5,729 ratings

"...I should have voted for Robinson Crusoe, but honestly I find it so irritating. I much prefer Roxana. "