* "Areopagitica" by John Milton
* "A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift
* "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope
* "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Mary Wollstonecraft
* "The French Revolution" by Thomas Carlyle
* "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill
* "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
* "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde
* "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
These are just a few examples of modern English essays that are considered to be classics and are still widely read and studied today.