1898 C.K. Shorter List of Best 100 Novels

In 1898, an editor named Clement K. Shorter made a list of the 100 best novels (with a limit of one book per author).
Updated September 19, 2022
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David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
'This is no dusty relic, but instead something sparkling and modern' Armando Iannucci In a wildly eventful life, David Copperfield moves from the cruelty of his stepfather's care to the heights of success as a beloved and respected novelist. On his journey through Victorian society,...
Uncle Tom's cabin
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Paper Book
Vanity fair
Thackeray Makepeace, William
Paper Book
The classic novel of 'villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing', soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then There Were None. William Makepeace Thackeray's witty...
The last of the Mohicans
Cooper, James Fenimore
Paper Book

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