19th Century Literature

Works from 1800-1899 — the golden age of the novel across Europe and America.

The Lily of the ValleyHonoré de Balzac

★3.7

Historical FictionFiction

The Child of PleasureGabriele D'Annunzio

★3.5

EssaysEducation

MathildaMary Wollstonecraft Shelley

★3.4

Horror & GothicFiction

The Fat and the ThinÉmile Zola

★3.9

EssaysHistorical Fiction

Mrs. Warren's ProfessionBernard Shaw

★3.7

Drama & PlaysFiction

A Laodicean : A Story of To-dayThomas Hardy

★3.6

EssaysFiction

New Grub StreetGeorge Gissing

★3.8

EssaysFiction

Against the GrainJ.-K. Huysmans

★3.8

EssaysFantasy

He Knew He Was RightAnthony Trollope

★3.9

EssaysHistorical Fiction

Elizabeth and Her German GardenElizabeth Von Arnim

★3.7

FictionHistorical Fiction

The Sleeper Awakes / A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper WakesH. G. Wells

★3.4

FantasyScience Fiction

The Odd WomenGeorge Gissing

★3.9

FictionHistorical Fiction

A House of GentlefolkIvan Sergeevich Turgenev

★3.9

EssaysShort Stories

His MasterpieceÉmile Zola

★4.0

EssaysHistorical Fiction

The Lifted VeilGeorge Eliot

★3.4

FictionHorror & Gothic

The EuropeansHenry James

★3.6

EssaysFiction

East LynneHenry Wood

★3.7

FictionHistorical Fiction

Seven Little AustraliansEthel Turner

★3.9

Children's LiteratureFiction

RomolaGeorge Eliot

★3.8

Historical FictionEssays

The Master BuilderHenrik Ibsen

★3.8

EssaysFiction

Two on a TowerThomas Hardy

★3.7

RomanceFiction

The Red RoomAugust Strindberg

★3.2

Horror & GothicFiction

Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, part 1Gustave Flaubert

★3.8

Historical FictionEssays

The Beetle: A MysteryRichard Marsh

★3.5

Horror & GothicMystery & Detective