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19th Century

Gas lamps flicker over cobblestone streets as characters navigate a world of strict social codes, forbidden passions, and transformative industrial change. Whether in London's grimy workhouses, Russian gambling dens, or the drawing rooms of English country estates, these masterful works capture humanity at its most raw and refined during an era of unprecedented upheaval.

19th Century Book Summaries

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy • 1874

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy 1874 433 pages

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1875

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1875 580 pages

by Machado de Assis • 1899

by Machado de Assis 1899 176 pages

by Wilkie Collins • 1859

by Wilkie Collins 1859 672 pages

by William Wordsworth • 1850

by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages

by Henry James • 1879

by Henry James 1879 164 pages

Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert • 1869

Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert 1869 460 pages

by Charles Baudelaire • 1857

by Charles Baudelaire 1857 464 pages

by Thomas Hardy • 1895

by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages

by Christine Stansell • 1986

Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860

Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860

by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy • 1886

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy 1886 393 pages

by Marcel Schwob • 1896

by Marcel Schwob 1896 218 pages

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history

The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history

by Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pages

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975 354 pages

by Harriet Beecher Stowe • 1999

by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1999 438 pages

The Age of Empire, 1875–1914

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1987

The Age of Empire, 1875–1914

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1987 405 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1854

by Charles Dickens 1854 384 pages

by Oscar Wilde • 1893

by Oscar Wilde 1893 78 pages

The Scramble for Africa

by Thomas Pakenham • 1991

The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912

The Scramble for Africa

The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912

by Thomas Pakenham 1991 800 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1837

by Charles Dickens 1837 801 pages

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968

The Birth of the Industrial Revolution

The Birth of the Industrial Revolution

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968 411 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1839

by Charles Dickens 1839 817 pages

by Ivan Turgenev • 1862

by Ivan Turgenev 1862 244 pages

The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens • 2001

The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens 2001 576 pages

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

by Alphonse Daudet 1929 112 pages

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

by Anthony Trollope • 1875

Society's Mirror: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

Society's Mirror: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages

by Richard J. Evans • 2016

by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1848

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1848 480 pages

by Lawrence Goodwyn • 1978

A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America

A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America

by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages

An Enemy of the People

by Henrik Ibsen • 1882

An Enemy of the People

by Henrik Ibsen 1882 160 pages

by Lewis Carroll • 1889

by Lewis Carroll 1889 204 pages

by George Eliot • 1861

by George Eliot 1861 262 pages

The Death of Reconstruction

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2001

Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901

The Death of Reconstruction

Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901

by Heather Cox Richardson 2001 336 pages

by Honoré de Balzac • 1831

by Honoré de Balzac 1831 407 pages

The Market Revolution

by Charles Grier Sellers • 1992

Jacksonian America, 1815-1846

The Market Revolution

Jacksonian America, 1815-1846

by Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 pages

The Irishman's Daughter

by V.S. Alexander • 2019

The Irishman's Daughter

by V.S. Alexander 2019 402 pages

by Thomas Carlyle • 1897

by Thomas Carlyle 1897 324 pages

by David McCullough • 1968

by David McCullough 1968 302 pages

by Mary Doria Russell • 2011

by Mary Doria Russell 2011 394 pages

by James Oakes • 1982

by James Oakes 1982 307 pages

by Mary Pat Kelly • 2009

by Mary Pat Kelly 2009 551 pages

by Henry James • 1880

by Henry James 1880 240 pages

by André Gide • 1895

by André Gide 1895 144 pages

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor 2007 336 pages

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

by Andrew Miller • 2018

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

by Andrew Miller 2018 421 pages

by David King • 2008

How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made War, Peace, and Love at the Congress of Vienna

How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made War, Peace, and Love at the Congress of Vienna

by David King 2008 434 pages

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