Published 1800 -1900
The Murder of Delicia
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Marie Corelli
The following slight and unelaborated sketch of a very commonplace and everyday tragedy will, I am aware, meet with the unqualified disappro…
Illustrations of Political Economy
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Harriet Martineau
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…
Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost
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Washington Irving
This collection from renowned author Washington Irving (famed for his haunting tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the fantastical le…
Elizabeth's Pretenders
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Hamilton Aïdé
A fin de siècle society tale of a young English heiress who must surely be in need of a husband. The multiple pretenders to her hand …
Heriot's Choice
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Rosa Nouchette Carey
Mildred wants to start her full life at the age of 28. She is looking forward to it until her brother asks her to come help in his home and …
Tom Brown at Oxford
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Thomas Hughes
This sequel to Tom Brown's School Days follows Tom to Oxford, where he studies at St. Ambrose's College. While the college is fictional, th…
The Notary's Nose
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Edmond About
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…
Thirty Years Since
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George Payne Rainsford James
Two young men share a carriage from London to the fictional village of Emberton early on a late August morning. One is a Captain Delaware of…
Unveiling a Parallel
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Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
In this work of utopian science fiction from the Victorian era written by Two Women of the West, a moniker for Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and El…
Phineas Finn
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Anthony Trollope
This novel tells the story of the lead character, Phineas Finn, including romances (with an eye to getting money) and British parliamentary …
The Heirloom
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T. Duthie-Lisle
It is not the pleasing office of the writer of fiction to unfold for the delectation of his readers the pages and pictures of the volume of …
The Phantom Regiment
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James Grant
The title and a quick glance at the chapter titles of James Grant's The Phantom Regiment--such as "The Romance of the Month," &quo…
The Love of Landry
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Love of Landry is one of Dunbar's four novels, and one of three that are about white people. In this case, the story is about the recupe…
Chateau d'Or
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Mary Jane Holmes
The Chateau D'Or, or The Castle of Gold, looked gloomy and gray from the train rattling through the French countryside from Paris to Marseil…
The Eustace Diamonds
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Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…
Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter
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Rachel Hunter
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
The Commission in Lunacy
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
Ships That Pass in the Night
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Beatrice Harraden
This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…
A Crown of Straw
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Allen Upward
There is a plan afoot to commit murder, but who could be the intended victim?The scene switches to an old forester and his seventeen-year-ol…
The Lerouge Case
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Émile Gaboriau
Widely considered the first modern detective novel in French literature, The Lerouge Case is the first in Emile Gaboriau's acclaimed "L…