Published 1800 -1900
Asphodel
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Like the Asphodel, a plant which grows far away from England, Daphne grows far away from home. In her first chance of freedom, at the age of…
The Unclassed
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George Gissing
The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. …
The Begum's Fortune
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Jules Verne
A novel with some utopian elements, but primarily dystopian. A French doctor and a German professor both inherit a vast fortune as descendan…
A Second Home
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Honoré de Balzac
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
The Ivory Tower
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Henry James
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Firm of Girdlestone
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save …
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain
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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage…
Letters to the Joneses
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Josiah Gilbert Holland
We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…
The Prime Minister (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth novel in Trollope's Palliser Series, and is about the period of Plantagenet Palliser's term as Prime Ministe…
The Massarenes
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Ouida
The last novel by British author Ouida. It is a satirical look at societal norms through the story of the nouveau riche Massarenes. They att…
The English Orphans; Or, A Home in the New World
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Mary Jane Holmes
After Mary Howard and her sisters are left without parents in America, they are put up for adoption. Mary's pretty sister, Ella was adopted …
Thérèse Raquin (Version 2)
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Émile Zola
Thérèse Raquin, trapped in a loveless marriage with her cousin Camille, plots with her lover Laurent to murder him so they can…
The Feather
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Ford Madox Ford
The headstrong Princess Ernalie is one day carried off from her kingdom by an eagle. Unable to return home because of impassable terrain, sh…
Catherine's Coquetries: A Tale of French Country Life
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Camille Debans
Catherine is a beautiful woman, and despite being a respectable married woman, enjoys matchmaking, flirting and mischief. The tale is set in…
The Long Vacation
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Long Vacation tells the story of the Underwood family dynamics over years of growth, change and interactions. - Summary by Deon Gines
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 2
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
The Duke's Children (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children is the sixth and last novel of The Palliser Series in which the story of the Duke of Omnium's family changes and growing…
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 3
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)
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George Eliot
The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Dominion in 1983
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Ralph Centennius
First published as a booklet in 1883, "The Dominion in 1983" describes the author's ideas of what life in Canada is like one hundr…