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• La Porte Étroite (in French; Paris: Societe de Mercure de France, 1909), by André Gide (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Brothers (Dean & Son, 11, Ludgate Hill, 1857), by Dean & Son (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Dying to Self: A Golden Dialogue (London: J. Nisbet, 1898), by William Law, ed. by Andrew Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise of self-denyall (Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons Bookseller, 1660), by Richard Baxter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall.: Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. / By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the Church at Teverton in Devon. (London : Printed for Thomas Johnson, and are to be sold by Richard Scott book-seller in Carlisle, 1658), by Theophilus Polwheile (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denyall.: Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the presse for the publike benefit. (London : Printed by W. Wilson, for Richard Royston, at the Angel in Ivy-lane, 1646), by Thomas Hooker (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A treatise of faith and repentance by Francis Fuller ... (London : Printed by J.D. and are to be sold by Jonathan Robinson ... and by Obed Smith ..., 1685), by Francis Fuller (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A sermon on self-denial, preach'd to a numerous audience in England. / By George Whitefield, A.B. of Pembroke-College, Oxford. ([Boston] : London printed: Re-printed at Boston, by T. Fleet, for Charles Harrison, over-against the Brazen Head in Cornhill., 1739), by George Whitefield (HTML at Evans TCP)

• No cross, no crown : a discourse showing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ : and that the denial of self, and daily bearing of Christ's cross, is the alone way to the rest and kingdom of God : to which are added, the living and dying testimonies of many persons of fame and learning, both of ancient and modern times, in favour of this treatise (Friends' Publication Association, 1872), by William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• No cross, no crown; a discourse, showing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ. To which are added The living and dying testimonies of many persons of fame and learning both of ancient and modern times, in favour of this treatise. (Office of the Society of Friends, 1896), by William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• No cross, no crown : a discourse showing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ, and that the denial of self, and daily bearing of Christ's cross, is the alone way to the rest and kingdom of God : to which are added, the living and dying testimonies of many persons of fame and learning, both of ancient and modern times, in favour of this treatise : in two parts (Friends' Book Store, 1875), by William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• No cross, no crown : a discourse shewing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ, by William Penn (Gutenberg ebook)
• The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the Gospel (London : printed for Tho. Parkhurst, at the Bible and three Crowns in Cheapside, near Mercers Chappel; and at the Bible on London-Bridg, 1675), by Thomas Watson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster (London : printed by Robert White, for Nevil Simmons at the Princes Arms in Saint Pauls Church-yard, 1675), by Richard Baxter (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Self-deniall opened and applyed in a sermon before the Reverend Assembly of Divines on a day of their private humiliation / by Edward Reynolds ... (London : Printed by T. Maxey for Robert Bostock ..., 1652), by Edward Reynolds (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Compunction or pricking of heart with the time, meanes, nature, necessity, and order of it, and of conversion; with motives, directions, signes, and means of cure of the wounded in heart, with other consequent or concomitant duties, especially self-deniall, all of them gathered from the text, Acts 2.37. and fitted, preached, and applied to his hearers at Dantzick in Pruse-land, in ann. 1641. and partly 1642. Being the sum of 80. sermons. With a post-script concerning these times, and the sutableness of this text and argument to the same, and to the calling of the Jews. By R.J. doctor of divinity. (London : printed by Ruth Raworth for Thomas Whitaker, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Kings Armes in Pauls Church-yard, 1648), by R. J. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The character of a weaned Christian, or, The evangelical art of promoting self-denial being an essay, alluding to the severities and advantages of infant-weaning, both pleasant and profitable / by S. S., ... (London : Printed for Dorman Newman, 1675), by Samuel Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A lesson of self-deniall, or, The true way to desirable beauty by John Collings ... ([London] : Printed for Rich: Tomlins, 1649), by John Collinges (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Bruno; or, lessons of fidelity, patience, and self-denial taught by a dog, by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg ebook)
• Susy's flowers, or, Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1872), by F. M. S, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• The village flower-show, or, Self-denial in little things (Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Co., 1877) (page images at Florida)
• Tom Bolton's self-denial, or, The faithful dog (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1881), by Mary Ellen Martineau (page images at Florida)

• Self-deniall : opened and applyed in a sermon before the reverend Assembly of divines: on a day of their private humiliation. (Printed by T. Maxey, for Robert Bostock, 1652), by Edward Reynolds and Westminster Assembly (1643-1652) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A most godly sermon preached at St. Albons in Woodstreet on Sunday last being the 10 of October, 1641 : shewing the necessity of selfe-denyall and humiliation by prayer and fasting before the Lord in regard of the present plague we now lye under : which God in his good time remove from amongst us / by ... Henry Burton. (London : Printed by B. Alsop, 1641), by Henry Burton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Self-deniall opened and applyed in a sermon before the Reverend Assembly of Divines on a day of their private humiliation / by Edward Reynolds ... (London : Printed by T. Maxey for Robert Bostock ..., 1652), by Edward Reynolds (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Wire Donkey (c2010), by Charlie Dickinson (PDF at worldlibrary.org)
• Brothers (Dean & Son, 11, Ludgate Hill, 1857), by Dean & Son (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Squaw Man: A Novel (based on play by Royle; New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1906), by Julie Opp, contrib. by Edwin Milton Royle
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Squaw Man: A Novel (based on play by Royle; New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1906), by Julie Opp, contrib. by Edwin Milton Royle (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Dame Care, by Hermann Sudermann, trans. by Bertha Overbeck (Gutenberg text)
• A Simple Soul, by Gustave Flaubert (Gutenberg text)
• Romola, by George Eliot (Gutenberg text)
• Dame Care (Boni and Liveright, inc., 1918), by Hermann Sudermann and Bertha Overbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romola (Estes and Lauriat, 1890), by George Eliot and Estes & Lauriat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romola (Little, Brown, and company, 1900), by George Eliot and Mathilde Blind (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romola (Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1863), by George Eliot and Bernhard Tauchnitz Verlag (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romola : a Florentine romance (Merrill and Baker, 1896), by George Eliot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mother : a story (Grosset & Dunlap, 1911), by Kathleen Thompson Norris and Grosset & Dunlap (page images at HathiTrust)
• Majurin holhokit (in Finnish), by Vasilii Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, trans. by Emil Mannstén (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mam'selle Jo, by Harriet T. Comstock, illust. by E. F. Ward (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Arch-Satirist, by Frances Fenwick Williams, illust. by Charles Copeland (Gutenberg ebook)
• To Him That Hath, by Leroy Scott (Gutenberg ebook)

• Black Bryony (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1923), by Theodore Francis Powys, illust. by R. A. Garnett (multiple formats at Faded Page)
• The Counterfeiters (Les Faux-Monnayeurs) (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1927), by André Gide, trans. by Dorothy Bussy
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Beginner (London and New York: Macmillan, 1899), by Rhoda Broughton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Backlog studies (Houghton, Mifflin, 1914), by Charles Dudley Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A far country (The Macmillan Company, 1922), by Winston Churchill and Herman Pfeifer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Bad Day for Vermin, by Keith Laumer (Gutenberg ebook)

• Mathias Sandorf (2 volumes; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1889), by Jules Verne
  • Part 1 (The Conspirators of Trieste): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Part 2 (The Captives of Antekirtta): multiple formats at archive.org
• The House by the River (New York: Knopf, 1921), by A. P. Herbert (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Charlotte Temple, by Mrs. Rowson (Gutenberg text)
• Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth (2 volumes in 1; Boston: C. Ewer, 1824), by Mrs. Rowson (multiple formats at Google)
• John Burnet of Barns: A Romance (Toronto: Copp, Clark Co., 1899), by John Buchan (Gutenberg text)
• The Murder of Delicia (London: Skeffington and Son, 1896), by Marie Corelli (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Murder of Delicia (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1896), by Marie Corelli (Gutenberg multiple formats)
• An Outcast of the Islands, by Joseph Conrad (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
• Wormwood: A Drama of Paris (New York: National Book Co., c1890), by Marie Corelli (page images at Google)
• Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth (Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1905), by Mrs. Rowson and Francis W. Halsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• La confession du̕n enfant du siècle. (Bibliothéque-Charpentier, 1891), by Alfred de Musset (page images at HathiTrust)
• The murder of Delicia (Skeffington & Son, 1896), by Marie Corelli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Charlotte Temple. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1864), by Mrs. Rowson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The lamentable history of the beautiful and accomplished Charlotte Temple, with an account of her elopment with Lieutenant Montroville ... (Barclay & co., 1865), by Mrs. Rowson, John Barnitz Bacon, and J. Barnitz Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Jew's Christian : being a story of life and love, with side lights on the modern hypocrite (J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1904), by Trafford Sharron and J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game of hearts (Gramercy Publishing Co., 1940), by Emily Noble (page images at HathiTrust)
• Within the tides; tales. (Doubleday, Page & co., 1925), by Joseph Conrad (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mathias Sandorf: De Middellandsche Zee (in Dutch), by Jules Verne (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Luckiest Man in Denv, by C. M. Kornbluth, illust. by Ed Emshwiller (Gutenberg ebook)

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