The Canon Part 5: The 19th Century

All notable literature from the Nineteenth Century (1800-1899 AD). This is as complete as I have been able to find, in as close to chronological order as possible.

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Hymns to the Night

Hymns to the Night

1

Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)

Faust

2

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Tales From Shakespeare

Tales From Shakespeare

3

The Marquise of O- & Other Stories (Heinrich Von Kleist)

The Marquise of O- & Other Stories

4

Heinrich Von Kleist

Six Chapters of a Floating Life (Shen Fu)

Six Chapters of a Floating Life

5

Shen Fu

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Jan Potocki)

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

6

Jan Potocki

The Phenomenology of Spirit (Georg Hegel)

The Phenomenology of Spirit

7

Georg Hegel

Wilhelm Tell (Friedrich Schiller)

Wilhelm Tell

8

Friedrich Schiller

Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Collected Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley

9

The Lady of the Lake (Sir Walter Scott)

The Lady of the Lake

10

Sir Walter Scott

Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)

Sense and Sensibility

11

Jane Austen

The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss)

The Swiss Family Robinson

12

Johann David Wyss

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

13

Brothers Grimm

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

Pride and Prejudice

14

Jane Austen

The Nutcracker and Other Tales (ETA Hoffman)

The Nutcracker and Other Tales

15

ETA Hoffman

Waverly (Sir Walter Scott)

Waverly

16

Sir Walter Scott

Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)

Mansfield Park

17

Jane Austen

Emma (Jane Austen)

Emma

18

Jane Austen

Adolphe (Benjamin Constant)

Adolphe

19

Benjamin Constant

Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)

Northanger Abbey

20

Jane Austen

Persuasion (Jane Austen)

Persuasion

21

Jane Austen

Rob Roy (Sir Walter Scott)

Rob Roy

22

Sir Walter Scott

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

Frankenstein

23

Mary Shelley

Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)

Ivanhoe

24

Sir Walter Scott

Don Juan (Lord Byron)

Don Juan

25

Lord Byron

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings (Washington Irving)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings

26

Washington Irving

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Thomas De Quincey)

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

27

Thomas De Quincey

The Night Before Christmas (Clement C. Moore)

The Night Before Christmas

28

Clement C. Moore

Kenilworth (Sir Walter Scott)

Kenilworth

29

Sir Walter Scott

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

30

James Hogg

The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)

The Last of the Mohicans

31

James Fenimore Cooper

Melmoth (Maturin)

Melmoth

32

Maturin

The Red and the Black (Stendhal)

The Red and the Black

33

Stendhal

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

34

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe: Complete Poems (Edgar Allen Poe)

Edgar Allen Poe: Complete Poems

35

Edgar Allen Poe

Indiana (George Sand)

Indiana

36

George Sand

Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)

Eugene Onegin

37

Aleksandr Pushkin

The Lady of Shalott (Alfred Tennyson)

The Lady of Shalott

38

Alfred Tennyson

Essays of Elia (Charles Lamb)

Essays of Elia

39

Charles Lamb

Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)

Pere Goriot

40

Honore De Balzac

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