Published 1800 -1900
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…
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 …
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…
El buen mozo (Bel ami)
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Guy de Maupassant
En esta novela, una de las más conocidas obras de Guy de Maupasssant, nos cuenta la historia de George Duroy, un joven ambicioso, sin…
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…
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,…
Klaasje Zevenster, deel 3
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Jacob Van Lennep
Een groepje Leidse studenten viert een gezellige Sinterklaasavond in de jaren '20 van de 19e eeuw, als er onverwachts een pakketje aan de de…
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…
Valda berättelser
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Selma Lagerlöf and Jules Mauritzon
A selection of short stories by Selma Lagerlöf. In Swedish, but with a short foreword in English. Edited by Jules Mauritzon. - Summary …
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…
La cruzada de los niños
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Marcel Schwob
La cruzada de los niños, constituye una joya de la literatura universal en la que, mediante una polifonía de voces, ocho mon&o…
Un Viaje de Novios
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Emilia Pardo Bazán
Publicada en 1881, esta novela de la condesa Pardo Bazán narra el viaje de una pareja que ha contraído un matrimonio de conven…
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 …
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…
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…
Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 1
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Harriet Martineau
Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles o…
The Unknown Masterpiece
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Unknown Masterpiece” (“Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu”) is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, published with revisions in 1845, after earli…
Unveiling a Parallel
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Alice Ilgenfritz Jones
In this work of utopian science fiction from the Victorian era written by Two Women of the West, a moniker for Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and El…