Published 1800 -1900
Thyrza
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George Gissing
Thyrza is a working class woman. Three men are in love with her. Even though she is engaged to a man of her class, who is very kind, she fal…
For Love and Life Vol. 1
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Margaret O. Oliphant
“The device on his shield was a young oak tree pulled up by the roots, with the Spanish word Desdichado, signifying Disinherited.” The novel…
Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?
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Helen H. Gardener
Twenty-year-old Gertrude Foster has had the sheltered upbringing typical of women of her class. Yet, she questions the restrictive norms wit…
Foul Play
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Charles Reade
Wrongly convicted of a crime, Robert Penfold is condemned to 5 years penal servitude. After a year he is transported on the hulk VENGEANCE d…
The Two Brothers
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…
The Countess of Rudolstadt
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George Sand
This sequel to Consuelo picks up not long after the striking conclusion of the first novel. Consuelo is enjoying a brilliant singing career…
The Tracy Diamonds
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Mary Jane Holmes
In Part 1 of The Tracy Diamonds, wealthy, notorious flirt, Helen Tracy sets her sights on the one man who has shown no interest in her. Invi…
The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2)
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Ella Hepworth Dixon
“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels …
His Darling Sin
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Grace Perivale is young, beautiful and rich. She and her beloved husband are the center of high society. Until Hector suddenly and unexpecte…
Ask Mamma: or The Richest Commoner In England
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Robert Smith Surtees
Considering that Billy Pringle, or Fine Billy, as his good-natured friends called him, was only an underbred chap, he was as good an imitati…
The Day of Resis
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Lillian Frances Mentor
Enola Cameron received a strange manuscript in the mail that sends her on an adventure of a lifetime making a discovery that no one could ha…
Can You Forgive Her? (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her was published over 2 years in serial form. It follows the life story of three women involved with courtship and marriag…
Colonel Chabert (Version 2)
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Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “Colonel Chabert” (1832) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the sprawling novel series titled “The Human Comedy.” Chabert,…
Madame de Mauves
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Henry James
Considered an early masterpiece, "Madame de Mauves" is the first of Henry James's 'international contrasts'. It recounts the story…
Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
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George Borrow
This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow combines elements of a…
The Murder of Delicia
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Marie Corelli
The following slight and unelaborated sketch of a very commonplace and everyday tragedy will, I am aware, meet with the unqualified disappro…
Heriot's Choice
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Rosa Nouchette Carey
Mildred wants to start her full life at the age of 28. She is looking forward to it until her brother asks her to come help in his home and …
The Notary's Nose
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Edmond About
Ironic and Satirical: A successful Parisian notary, Alfred L’Ambert, is smitten with a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer. After a quarrel, his…
Chronicles of Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers
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Washington Irving
This collection from renowned author Washington Irving (famed for his haunting tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the fantastical le…
Thirty Years Since; or, The Ruined Family
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George Payne Rainsford James
Two young men share a carriage from London to the fictional village of Emberton early on a late August morning. One is a Captain Delaware of…