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
Indulge in the captivating world of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece The Picture of Dorian Gray. This exquisite edition presents Wilde's iconic novel in a visually stunning format, offering readers a luxurious reading experience. Immerse yourself in the decadence, beauty, and moral complexity of Dorian...
Persuasion
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Jane Austen's beloved and subtly subversive final novel of romantic tension and second chances.Now a motion picture from Netflix starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding, and a TikTok Book Club Pick. Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who - at twenty-seven - is...
Tales of mystery and imagination
Poe, Edgar Allan
Ebook
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
After her first literary success with Hospital Sketches, based on her experiences in the Civil War, and a secret career writing "rubbishy novels" to contribute to the family income, Louisa May Alcott-s publisher requested a "girl-s book." She grudgingly complied with this semiautobiographical novel...
The Call of the Wild
London, Jack
Paper Book
The world's best-loved stories brought to life in the full context of their eras: The Whole Story series, with its unique documentary approach, makes the classics accessible to new generations of readers-as well as to audiences wanting to reread, rediscover, and newly appreciate these enduringly...
Journey to the center of the earth
Verne, Jules
Paper Book
In JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH an ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life - and the life of his nephew Axel - is changed for ever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parchment that will lead them on a terrifying journey to find...
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
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
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontë, who died a year after its publication. This classic tale of a love that is stronger than death is also a fierce work that weaves a tale of passion that transcends all, in which heaven and hell, nature and society, are powerfully intertwined. ...
The time machine ; an invention
Wells, H. G.
Paper Book
Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he...

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