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