19th Century

Novels or collections of stories set during the 19th century.

The 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815.

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The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick
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An American Beauty
Westering Women
The Exiles
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When the Jessamine Grows
The Surgeon's Daughter (Nora Beady, #2)
The Girls of Good Fortune
The Girl from Greenwich Street
River Sing Me Home
Tough Luck
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Loyalty
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Dracula
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Crime and Punishment
Emma
Anna Karenina
Great Expectations
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Northanger Abbey
Madame Bovary
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Nigel Seed
Dervishes died as the bullets smacked into them, but the rest never even thought of pausing. In a society where bravery and reputation counted for much more than mere wealth, the warrior creed drove them forward. Ancient blades flashed in the sunlight and swung again, now covered in fresh blood. In short order the ground was littered with torn and mangled Egyptian corpses and the battle was over.
Nigel Seed, No Road to Khartoum

Nigel Seed
You know sir. When we get home nobody is going to believe this. How the hell could anybody be that brave? It makes no sense.” “You’re right, but we’ll know. Everybody who has stood and watched a Dervish charge is never going to forget it.
Nigel Seed, No Road to Khartoum

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