A Book Written by an Author in the 19th Century

A selection of books that fulfill the UBN 2025 category of a book written by an author in the 19th century.

Updated January 4, 2025
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The picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar
Paper Book
In this celebrated work, his only novel, Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian...
Persuasion
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving--the entrancing story of a second chance at love. Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish, spendthrift Sir Walter Elliot, is a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she...
Tales of mystery and imagination
Poe, Edgar Allan
Paper Book
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur’s Age of Chivalry the “great and beneficent” miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of past and present, Twain...
Little women : or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
This authoritative, accurate text of the first edition (1868-69) of Little Women is accompanied by textual variants and thorough explanatory annotations.
The call of the wild
London, Jack
Paper Book
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck...
A journey to the center of the earth
Verne, Jules
Paper Book
Alice's adventures in wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with a deluxe oversized hardcover edition, illustrated in full color by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. 'That curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150...
The origin of species : by means of natural selection of the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
Darwin, Charles
Paper Book
Charles Darwin's classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world. Few other books have created such a lasting storm of controversy as The Origin of Species. Darwin's theory that species...
Wuthering Heights
Bront©±, Emily
Paper Book
One of English literature's classic masterpieces--a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Emily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence....
The time machine
Wells, H. G.
Paper Book

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