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
This Norton Critical Edition is the only edition available that includes both the 1890 Lippincott's and the 1891 book versions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, allowing students to compare the two published versions with the editorial guidance of Michael Patrick Gillespie.
Persuasion
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Jane Austen's last completed novel, marrying witty social realism to a Cinderella love story At twenty--seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick...
Tales of mystery and imagination
Poe, Edgar Allan
Paper Book
Republished in a form suitable for students and general readers alike.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
Generations of readers have delighted in the biting social satire and hilarious adventures of the Connecticut Yankee, a nineteenth-century mechanic who suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Britain. The Yankee soon realizes this is not the gallant world of fairy tales, but a cruel...
Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
This inspiring story of the four unforgettable March sisters--Meg, Amy, Beth and Jo--paints a portrait of home life in a small New England community during the mid-1800s as well as describing changing conditions in America during the Civil War. 315 illustrations.
The call of the wild
London, Jack
Paper Book
Stolen from his home and family, a dog named Buck must quickly learn the harsh law of survival among the men and dogs of the gold-crazed North. His intelligence, courage, and cunning transform him into a feared leader. As wolves attack and men grow desperate, Buck must heed the call of the wild....
Journey to the centre of the earth
Verne, Jules
Paper Book
Once an ancient book is opened by Professor Lidenbrock, his life is changed forever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a parchment that will lead them on the expedition to end all expeditions. So begins a voyage thousands of feet under the sea, as the pair embark on a terrifying...
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Lewis Carroll's timeless classic brought to life by one of the most revered children's book illustrators of our time! Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to...
The origin of species : complete and fully illustrated
Darwin, Charles
Paper Book
In The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, he showed that new species are achieved by "natural selection." The Origin communicates the enthusiasm of original thinking in an open,...
Wuthering Heights
Bront©±, Emily
Paper Book
Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before- of the intense passion between the foundling...
The time machine ; an invention
Wells, H. G.
Paper Book
I drew a breath, set my teeth, gripped the starting lever with both hands, and went off with a thud. The time traveler is on his way to a different world-his world 800,000 years in the future. He returns and recounts his journey to his friends at a dinner party.

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