Published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe was seen to be one of the first novels of the realistic fiction genre.

Novel consisting of 3 volumes by William Godwin. It is also known as "Things as They Are; or The Adventures of Caleb Williams." Calls for an end of the "tyrannical government" in the UK.

Historical novel about the Gordon riots published in 1841 by Charles Dickens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Rudge

A British magazine that featured various works of writing by different authors in the 19th and 20th century.

Poe wrote a piece titled "How to Write a Blackwood Article" , "a satirical how-to fiction on formulaic horror stories, in which he criticized the typical stories found in the magazine.

Quote by Ovid meaning, "you will be safest in the middle. Variant translation: You will go most safely by the middle way. Book II, 137"

Pierre-Jean de Béranger is a French poet and songwriter.

similar to a latin translation meaning "that's enough!" by Horace. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Satisfaction

Rosa-Matilda was a pseudonym for English author Charlotte Dacre who wrote about powerful and aggressive heroines opposed from the standard way of portraying women in literature during the 19th century.

A collection of short stories (or essays according to Poe) by Irving that is separated into four "books." (1824) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_a_Traveller

"The Haunted Palace") is a poem written by Poe that was originally published before this story in 1839. Poe later incorporated his poem into the piece. In the first few stanzas, the description of the palace symbolizes a human head. "The poem serves as an allegory about a king "in the olden time long ago" who is afraid of evil forces that threaten him and his palace, foreshadowing impending doom."

Fuseli, a painter from Switzerland, was known for one of his most famous works, The Nightmare. This painting represents similar ideas throughout the story such as themes of dreams and nightmares, and the unconscious.

Weber's Last Waltz, a famous piece of music, was written by Carl Reissiger. Von Weber was a conductor and composer from Germany in the early 19th century.

"Temporary inactivity or disuse; suspension; latent condition." "abeyance, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, January 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/268. Accessed 20 February 2018.

"weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted." Ennuye

" 2. The action of bringing (a building, etc.) into ruin, decay, or disrepair." "dilapidation, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, January 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/52734. Accessed 20 February 2018.

Double entendre. 1. In obscurity; inconspicuously as well as 4. Darkly; dimly, dully; indistinctly, faintly.

"obscurely, adv." OED Online, Oxford University Press, January 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/129840. Accessed 6 February 2018.

1. To or towards that place (with verb of motion expressed or implied). (Now almost exclusively literary)

"thither, adv. and adj." OED Online, Oxford University Press, January 2018, www.oed.com/view/Entry/200910. Accessed 6 February 2018.