Often called “coming-of-age stories,” Bildungsromans are fictional narratives tracing a central character’s development from child to adult.
The Ogilvies
Historical Authors: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Marriage
Genres: Novel
Phoebe, Junior: A Last Chronicle of Carlingford
Historical Authors: Oliphant, Mrs.Margaret
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Philosophy & Religion, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
Mary Barton
Historical Authors: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Region & Regionalism
Genres: Novel
Louisiana
Historical Authors: Burnett, Frances Hodgson
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
John Halifax, Gentleman
Historical Authors: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Marriage
Genres: Novel
A Noble Life
Historical Authors: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Marriage, Natural History
Genres: Novel
Anna Maylie: A Story of Work
Historical Authors: Pratt, Ella Farman
State: New York
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
Alide: An Episode of Goethe’s life
Historical Authors: Lazarus, Emma
State: New York
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Literary Scholarship, Translation
A Transplanted Rose: A Story of New York Society
Historical Authors: Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth Wilson
State: New York
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Conduct, Education, Marriage, Suffrage & Women's Rights, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
For the Major
Historical Authors: Woolson, Constance Fenimore
State: New Hampshire
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Domestic Science, Education, Reform, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
To-days and Yesterdays
Historical Authors: Cooke, Carrie Adelaide
State: Massachusetts
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Children's Literature, Philosophy & Religion
Genres: Novel
Rose in Bloom; A Sequel to Eight Cousins
Historical Authors: Alcott, Louisa May
State: Massachusetts
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Children's Literature
Genres: Novel
Esther
Historical Authors: Adams, Henry
State: Massachusetts
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Education, Life Writing, Philosophy & Religion, Reform, Science & Invention
Genres: Novel
Azarian: An Episode
Historical Authors: Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott
State: Maine
Keywords: Bildungsroman
Genres: Novel
A Country Doctor
Historical Authors: Jewett, Sarah Orne
State: Maine
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Health, Reform, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
Geraldine; A Tale of Conscience
Historical Authors: Agnew, Elizabeth Constantina
State: Louisiana
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Philosophy & Religion
Genres: Novel
The Pearl of Orr’s Island; A Story of the Coast of Maine
Historical Authors: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
State: Connecticut
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Region & Regionalism
Genres: Novel
Pink and White Tyranny; A Society Novel
Historical Authors: Stowe, Harriet Beecher
State: Connecticut
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Domestic Science, Marriage, Reform, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
The Mill on the Floss
Historical Authors: Eliot, George, Evans, Mary Ann
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Region & Regionalism
Genres: Novel
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Historical Authors: Bell, Currer, Bronte, Charlotte
State: Foreign
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Marriage, Women's Work & Culture
Genres: Novel
Gold Elsie
Historical Authors: John, Eugenie, Marlitt, Eugenie, Wister, Annis Lee
State: Pennsylvania
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Translation
Genres: Novel
Jessie Wells: Or, How to Save the Lost
Historical Authors: Alden, Isabella Macdonald, Pansy
State: New York
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Philosophy & Religion
Genres: Novel
Strawberry Hill
Historical Authors: Denison, Mary Andrews, Vance, Clara
State: Massachusetts
Keywords: Bildungsroman, Children's Literature
Genres: Novel
The Doctor’s Daughter
Historical Authors: Clarke, Rebecca Sophia, May, Sophie
State: Maine
Keywords: Bildungsroman
Genres: Novel