Genre and narrative form, in any medium, consisting of people, events, or places that are imaginary—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact

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People living a life of fantasy as a result of being excessively influenced by reading novels. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1800.

Stolen hearts : fiction and the 1990s' pathology scandal / Tim Marshall.

John Armstrong : the story of a life.

Dr Gheist an autobiography from the Midlands.

The life and opinions of John Buncle Esquire / by Thomas Amory ; with an introduction by Ernest A. Baker.

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Fictional Work

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Works from the collections

Stolen hearts : fiction and the 1990s' pathology scandal / Tim Marshall.

John Armstrong : the story of a life.

People living a life of fantasy as a result of being excessively influenced by reading novels. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1800.

Dr Gheist an autobiography from the Midlands.

The life and opinions of John Buncle Esquire / by Thomas Amory ; with an introduction by Ernest A. Baker.

Fictional Work

Images from the collections

Images about Fictional Work

Works from the collections

Stolen hearts : fiction and the 1990s' pathology scandal / Tim Marshall.

John Armstrong : the story of a life.

People living a life of fantasy as a result of being excessively influenced by reading novels. Coloured etching after G.M. Woodward, 1800.

Dr Gheist an autobiography from the Midlands.

The life and opinions of John Buncle Esquire / by Thomas Amory ; with an introduction by Ernest A. Baker.

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