Published 1800 -1900
Consuelo
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George Sand
This roman à clef follows the musical adventures of Consuelo, a gifted singer under the tutelage of the composer Nicola Porpora. Afte…
The Chouans (version 2)
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Chouans” (1829) was the first novel published under Balzac’s own name (rather than a pen-name). It became the first book in the great w…
A Whisper in the Dark
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Louisa May Alcott
A Whisper in the Dark was published anonymously in 1877 and again in 1889, this time attributed to Louisa May Alcott, along with A Modern Me…
Sunshine and Snow
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Harold Bindloss
A harrowing and dramatic story of four siblings from Scotland who are poor and orphaned. The eldest brother, Arthur, is guardian to his two …
The Heavenly Twins
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Sarah Grand
First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub p…
Arabella Stuart
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George Payne Rainsford James
Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successo…
Our Village, Volume 2
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Mary Russell Mitford
This volume continues Miss Mitford's reflections on the changes to village life and characters when she returns two years after the end of V…
David Poindexter's Disappearance and Other Tales
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Julian Hawthorne
Julian Hawthorne, son of famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne, brings together a collection of stories of tragedy, lost love and occasionally of…
The Duchess of Langeais
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Duchess of Langeais” (1834) is part of Balzac’s great life’s work, the sprawling novel series called “The Human Comedy.” This novel is …
The Caxtons: A Family Picture
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The quiet country life of the Caxton family is interrupted by a visit to London. There the son, Pisistratus, is offered the position of secr…
The Mute Singer, a Novel
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Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Sylvie de la Roche is the daughter of a destitute former nobleman and his wife living in the slums of Paris circa 1847. Her magnificent sing…
A Woman Of Yesterday
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Caroline Atwater Mason
Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…
The Small House at Allington (version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
The Small House at Allington concerns the widowed Mrs.Dale, her daughters Isabella ("Bell") and Lilian ("Lily"), who liv…
Ursula
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Honoré de Balzac
“Ursula,” first published in French in 1841 as “Ursule Mirouët,” is part of Balzac’s great suite of novels, collectively titled “The Hu…
A Romance of the Moors
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Mona Caird
Dick Coverdale is secretly betrothed to his neighbor, the beautiful Bessie Saunders. When a visitor to the area named Margaret Ellwood appea…
Paul Clifford
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Most men who with some earnestness of mind examine into the mysteries of our social state will perhaps pass through that stage of self-educa…
The Forest Lovers
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Maurice Henry Hewlett
My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound thr…
A Christmas Carol (Version 13)
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Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge is a covetous, miserable old man who lives his life apart from his fellow man and is incapable of showing love or understan…
Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3
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Margaret O. Oliphant
This volume completes the story of Hester and her struggle to find her way in the family she belongs to by birth but not by upbringing. The …
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang is a book mainly focused on the stories of ghosts and other mystical phenomenon. With frequent …