"The Wife's Lament"
- Author Unknown
- Composed before 990 (at the latest)
- Found in the Exeter Book manuscript (published around late 10th Century)
Sir Orfeo
- Author Unknown
- Composed Ca. 1300
- Originally published as a Manuscript (version mostly from Auchinleck manuscript)
- Seems like it may have been "translated" (stolen) from French origins
- Due to the mostly lyrical layout, may have been performed before it was published
The Country Wife
- by William Wycherly
- Composed in 1675
- Published first as a performance, later printed
Oroonoko
- by Ahpra Behn
- Composed in 1688 (but she had been recounting a similar story for decades)
- Originally published in Print as an early novel
