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Commentaries on the Gallic War by Julius Caesar

Commentaries on the Gallic War

Julius Caesar · 1860

Cousin Henry by Anthony Trollope

Cousin Henry

Anthony Trollope · 1879

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1853

Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold

Culture and Anarchy

Matthew Arnold · 1869

David Harum by Edward Noyes Westcott

David Harum

Edward Noyes Westcott · 1898

Democracy by Henry Adams

Democracy

Henry Adams · 1880

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Jules Verne

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

Jules Verne · 1879

Dr. Wortle’s School by Anthony Trollope

Dr. Wortle’s School

Anthony Trollope · 1880

Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe

Driven Back to Eden

Edward Payson Roe · 1885

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth and Her German Garden

Elizabeth von Arnim · 1898

Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac

Eugénie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac · 1868

Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Father Goriot

Honoré de Balzac · 1898

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Jules Verne · 1869

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne · 1867

Germinie Lacerteux by Edmond de Goncourt

Germinie Lacerteux

Edmond de Goncourt · 1865

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Hard Times

Charles Dickens · 1854

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

Anthony Trollope · 1874

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Heidi

Johanna Spyri · 1880

How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis

How the Other Half Lives

Jacob Riis · 1890

Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859

In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce

In the Midst of Life

Ambrose Bierce · 1891

Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Indian Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs · 1892

Indian Summer by William Dean Howells

Indian Summer

William Dean Howells · 1885

Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Iola Leroy

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper · 1892