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The Mysteries of London Vol. IV - George W. M. REYNOLDS
The Mysteries of London Vol. IV - George W. M. REYNOLDS
- Author: George W. M. REYNOLDS
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England, published in four volumes. This is the fourth and final volume. Initially serialized in weekly installments, they were the forerunners of today's soap operas. Known as "Penny...
My Flirtations - Ella Hepworth DIXON
My Flirtations - Ella Hepworth DIXON
- Author: Ella Hepworth DIXON
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Many novels, most notably Hannah Webster's The Coquette, focused on how terrible it is for a woman to flirt before her marriage. "I did not speak 20 sentences before sir Robert proposed to me", explained Lady Bidulph while teaching her daughter how...
The Primrose Path - Bram Stoker
The Primrose Path - Bram Stoker
- Author: Bram Stoker
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
This 1875 serialised novella appeared in The Shamrock magazine in 5 installments. It is Bram Stoker's first novel, being published 22 years before his famous 'Dracula'. It tells the story of a happy Irish family, the O'Sullivans, who leave their...
One Thing Needful - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
One Thing Needful - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900
Can starving children be grateful for the education they receive if, when they ask for food, rich people give them a stone? This is the question in the heart of this rich psychological novel. Lady Lashmore is a typical lady of her time, ruling every...
The Untempered Wind - Joanna E. Wood
The Untempered Wind - Joanna E. Wood
- Author: Joanna E. Wood
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Upon publication of βThe Untempered Windβ in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the most highly paid fiction-writer in Canada. In this novel, we find a detailed picture of village life. The...
Madame de Mauves - Henry James
Madame de Mauves - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Considered an early masterpiece, "Madame de Mauves" is the first of Henry James's 'international contrasts'. It recounts the story of an American girl, Euphemia Cleve, through the eyes of her fellow countryman Longmore. Euphemia marries an...
Taking the Bastile - Alexandre Dumas
Taking the Bastile - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to service. How can this man, Pitou the Peasant (as the subtitle of the novel suggests) go on to influence the...
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography - Edwin Eastman
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography - Edwin Eastman
- Author: Edwin Eastman
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Published 1800 -1900
Best described as a fictional autobiography, Clark Johnson authored the following adventure to promote the sale of his brand of Homeopathic elixir or commonly known as "Snake Oil". Using the fictitious hero's, Edwin Eastman and his wife, Mr. Johnson...
A House Divided Against Itself - Margaret O. Oliphant
A House Divided Against Itself - Margaret O. Oliphant
- Author: Margaret O. Oliphant
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." So said Abraham Lincoln in 1858. Here we have the irascible Mr. Waring, an elderly English ex-patriot, living in Italy with his charming daughter, Frances. Mr. Waring was there long before the hotels...
Villette (version 3) - Charlotte BrontΓ«
Villette (version 3) - Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Author: Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
A quiet, self-reliant, intelligent, 23-year-old woman, Lucy has, as Miss Ginevra Fanshawe asserts, "no attractive accomplishments β no beauty." She seems to have no living relatives. Though usually reserved and emotionally self-controlled, Lucy has...
The Heavenly Twins - Sarah Grand
The Heavenly Twins - Sarah Grand
- Author: Sarah Grand
- Genre: Family Life / Sagas / Published 1800 -1900
First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub plots, the story examines the role of women and the different opportunities women and men had. Through the...
The Caxtons: A Family Picture - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
The Caxtons: A Family Picture - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Author: Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The quiet country life of the Caxton family is interrupted by a visit to London. There the son, Pisistratus, is offered the position of secretary to a leader in Parliament. That parliamentarian's wife was loved as a girl by both Pisistratus' father...
Kit and Kitty - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Kit and Kitty - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900
Kit Orchardson, an apprentice produce grower in Sunbury, England describes for us a time in his youth in which he fell in love with Kitty, a young lady of higher status, endeavored to secure her love and ventured to solve her mysterious...
