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

Dom Casmurro Summary

by Machado de Assis 1899 176 pages

The Woman in White Summary

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins 2003 672 pages

Jude the Obscure Summary

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages

City of Women Summary

Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860

by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages

American History

Mansfield Park Summary

by Jane Austen 1814 488 pages

Historical Fiction

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845 809 pages

Daisy Miller Summary

by Henry James 1879 164 pages

Attack and Die Summary

Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage

by Grady McWhiney 1982 232 pages

American Civil War

Lost Illusions Summary

by Honoré de Balzac 2006 656 pages

French Literature

Imaginary Lives Summary

Imaginary Lives

by Marcel Schwob 1896 90 pages

The Catalpa Rescue Summary

The Catalpa Rescue

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

by Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pages

Les Fleurs du Mal Summary

Les Fleurs du Mal

by Charles Baudelaire 1983 365 pages

Sentimental Education Summary

Sentimental Education

by Gustave Flaubert 2004 460 pages

French Literature

The Mayor of Casterbridge Summary

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy 2003 393 pages

The Adolescent Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2004 580 pages

Russian Literature

The House of the Seven Gables Summary

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2005 225 pages

An Ideal Husband Summary

An Ideal Husband

by Oscar Wilde 2001 78 pages

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Summary

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings

by Edgar Allan Poe 2003 488 pages

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche Summary

I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche

by Sue Prideaux 2018 464 pages

Trail of Tears Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

by John Ehle 1988 424 pages

Native American

American History

The Pickwick Papers Summary

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens 2000 801 pages

Empress Orchid Summary

by Anchee Min 2003 368 pages

Historical Fiction

The Scramble for Africa Summary

The Scramble for Africa

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

by Thomas Pakenham 1992 738 pages

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 354 pages

Hard Times Summary

by Charles Dickens 2003 384 pages

The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary

The Age of Empire, 1875–1914

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1989 405 pages

In the Land of Pain Summary

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet 2003 112 pages

The Way We Live Now Summary

The Way We Live Now

by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages

Nicholas Nickleby Summary

Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens 2003 817 pages

The Old Curiosity Shop Summary

The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens 2001 576 pages

Industry and Empire Summary

Industry and Empire

The Birth of the Industrial Revolution

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1999 411 pages

European History

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