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The Best Books of the 1800s

What a century of literature! the 1800s was a prime time for writing, and all my favorite authors are here; ordered by date published, oldest to newest.
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Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
1
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
2
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
3
Jane Austen
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
4
Brothers Grimm
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
6
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
7
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
8
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
9
Jane Austen
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
10
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
11
Sir Walter Scott
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
12
Charles Maturin
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
13
James Fenimore Cooper
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
14
Victor Hugo
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
15
Stendhal
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
16
Aleksandr Pushkin
Little House in the Big Woods (Wisconsin)
Little House in the Big Woods (Wisconsin)
17
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
18
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
19
Honore De Balzac
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
20
Margaret Mitchell
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
21
Honoré De Balzac
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
22
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
23
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
24
Charles Dickens
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
25
Mikhail Lermontov
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
26
Nikolai Gogol
The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Pit and the Pendulum
27
Edgar Allan Poe
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
28
Charles Dickens
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
29
Alexandre Dumas
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
30
Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
31
Alexandre Dumas
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
32
Frederick Douglass
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
33
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
34
Emily Brontë
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
35
William Makepeace Thackeray
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
36
Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
37
La Dame Aux Camélias
La Dame Aux Camélias
38
Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Mary Barton
39
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
40
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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