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
An astounding novel of decadence, debauchery, and secrecy from one of Ireland's greatest writers. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell...
Persuasion
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
'In Persuasion, Jane Austen is beginning to discover that the world is larger, more mysterious, and more romantic than she had supposed' Virginia Woolf Jane Austen's moving late novel of missed opportunities and second chances centres on Anne Elliot, no longer young and...
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. Part 1
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
If you love a good story, then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure and return to again and again. Times are hard for the March sisters - their father's away at war and the family is short of money - but these...
The call of the wild
London, Jack
Paper Book
One of the most popular and exciting adventure stories is now being reissued with vibrant, realistic paintings by a highly acclaimed artist and an introduction by award-winning author, Gary Paulsen. First published in 1903, this striking reissue is as relevant today as it was when it was first...
Journey to the center of the earth
Verne, Jules
Paper Book
Jules Verne's wild and riotous fantasy Journey to the Centre of the Earth delves into the hidden mysteries of a vast, uncharted subterranean world. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the French by Frank Wynne with an introduction by Jane Smiley and notes by Peter Cogman. ...
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Sterling Publishing welcomes our new partnership with the legendary artist Robert Ingpen. For his first title in a brand-new affiliation with Sterling, renowned children's artist Robert Ingpen presents a lush new edition of one of the world's most famous stories: Alice's...
On the origin of species
Darwin, Charles
Paper Book
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. In his landmark study, Darwin theorized that populations evolve...
Wuthering Heights
Bront©±, Emily
Paper Book
'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as "romantic", but try rereading it without being astonished by the extremes of physical and psychological violence' Jeanette Winterson Emily Brontë's novel of impossible desires, violence and transgression is a masterpiece of...
The time machine
Wells, H. G.
Paper Book
The revolutionary novel that catapulted readersinto the future, from the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells. "I've had a most amazing time...." So begins the Time Traveller's astonishing firsthand account of his journey eight hundred thousand years beyond his own...

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