3.92 avg rating — 27,051 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 — 43,103 ratings

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

3.40 avg rating — 8,574 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 — 34,347 ratings

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

3.41 avg rating — 5,749 ratings

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