Modern Texts and Contexts By a2ndyyyy Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 2008 Modern Texts and Contexts Dec 1, 1817 Northanger Abbey (Austen) is Published Jan 1, 1818 Frankenstein (Shelley) is Published Apr 28, 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave (Douglas) is Published Oct 16, 1847 Jane Eyre (Bronte) is Published Feb 14, 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde) premieres May 5, 1927 To the Lighthouse (Woolf) is published Oct 1, 1966 Wide Sargasso Sea (Rhys) is published Sep 6, 2007 Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz) is published