Published 1800 -1900
Phineas Finn
This novel tells the story of the lead character, Phineas Finn, including romances (with an eye to getting money) and British parliamentary …
Unveiling a Parallel
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…
The Heirloom
It is not the pleasing office of the writer of fiction to unfold for the delectation of his readers the pages and pictures of the volume of …
Das wunderthätige Unterröckchen
Vollständiger Titel: "Das wunderthätige Unterröckchen. Eine Sage. Nebst zwei nagelneuen Originalbriefen des Berggeists R…
The Commission in Lunacy
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
Lucía
"Lucía", o "El secreto de Lady Audley" es una novela sensacionalista de Mary Elizabeth Braddon, publicada el 1 de…
Aus dem Märchenbuch der Wahrheit
Sammlung meist sehr tiefsinniger bzw hintergründiger Kurzgeschichten, oft mit philosphischem oder sozialem Gehalt und Bezug zu mancher …
Chateau d'Or
The Chateau D'Or, or The Castle of Gold, looked gloomy and gray from the train rattling through the French countryside from Paris to Marseil…
The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…
A Crown of Straw
There is a plan afoot to commit murder, but who could be the intended victim?The scene switches to an old forester and his seventeen-year-ol…
Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
The Phantom Regiment
The title and a quick glance at the chapter titles of James Grant's The Phantom Regiment--such as "The Romance of the Month," &quo…
The Love of Landry
The Love of Landry is one of Dunbar's four novels, and one of three that are about white people. In this case, the story is about the recupe…
Horacker
"Fake News" im 19. Jahrhunder - gebettet in eine ländliche (Schein-)Idylle: So läßt sich, "neudeutsch" &…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
A Second Home
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
The Lerouge Case
Widely considered the first modern detective novel in French literature, The Lerouge Case is the first in Emile Gaboriau's acclaimed "L…
Ships That Pass in the Night
This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…
The Wing of Azrael
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …