William Godwin

Things as They Are; or The Adventures of Caleb Williams by William Godwin is a three-volume novel written as a call to end the abuse of power by what Godwin saw as a tyrannical government. Intended as a popularisation of the ideas presented in his 1793 treatise Political Justice Godwin uses Caleb Williams to show how …

St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century is eighteenth-century British philosopher William Godwin's second novel. Following the success of Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, Godwin searched for a topic that would capture his imagination as much as his first novel. St. Leon is the tale of a …