19th Century

Novels or collections of stories set during the 19th century.

The 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815.

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In the Great Quiet
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The Whitechapel Full Moon Society
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
When the Jessamine Grows
Crow Mary
This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
The Paris Express
The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2)
A Perfect Hand
The Sea Child
The Ladies Hall
North Sun, or The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein
Dracula
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Crime and Punishment
Emma
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Northanger Abbey
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Madame Bovary
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Räuber by Friedrich SchillerLove And Intrigue by Friedrich SchillerGötz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFiesco; Or, the Genoese Conspiracy by Friedrich Schiller
Sturm und Drang
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPersuasion by Jane AustenNews of the World by Paulette Jiles
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The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Civil War by Shelby FooteCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
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Thomas Hardy
“ — Я думаю, что когда родятся дети, которых не хотят, их надо сразу же убивать, прежде чем в них войдет душа, а не давать им расти и ходить. Сью не ответила, раздумывая, как обращаться с этим чересчур мудрым ребенком. ”
― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

David             Taylor
“ ...while the troubles sweeping Europe and southern Britain comprised liberal and radical elements protesting against powerful elites to secure better rights, in Badenoch it was the opposite - a subtle exercise of power by a small but influential outsider elite seeking to sweep aside the long-established rights of the lower orders, whose mere presence disrupted their leisure pursuits. There was, of course, a measure of protest, but the scattered and impoverished nature of local communities render ...more ”
― David Taylor, 'The People Are Not There': The Transformation of Badenoch 1800 - 1863

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