Topic
Nineteenth Century
14 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
14 posts
Where to Start with Alexandre Dumas: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alexandre Dumas — whether to begin with The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers. A complete reading guide to the French adventure novelist.
Where to Start with Bram Stoker: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Bram Stoker — whether to begin with Dracula, The Jewel of Seven Stars, or The Lair of the White Worm. A complete reading guide to the Gothic horror novelist.
Where to Start with Charlotte Brontë: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Charlotte Brontë — whether to begin with Jane Eyre or Villette. A complete reading guide to the Victorian novelist.
Where to Start with Frances Hodgson Burnett: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Frances Hodgson Burnett — whether to begin with The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, or Little Lord Fauntleroy. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Herman Melville: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Herman Melville — whether to begin with Moby-Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener, or Billy Budd. A complete reading guide to the American classic author.
Where to Start with Jules Verne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jules Verne — whether to begin with Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues, or Journey to the Center of the Earth. A complete guide.
Where to Start with Lewis Carroll: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Lewis Carroll — whether to begin with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Louisa May Alcott: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Louisa May Alcott — whether to begin with Little Women, Little Men, or Jo's Boys. A complete reading guide to the American classic author.
Where to Start with Mary Shelley: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mary Shelley — whether to begin with Frankenstein, The Last Man, or Mathilda. A complete reading guide to the inventor of science fiction.
Where to Start with Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Nathaniel Hawthorne — whether to begin with The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, or Twice-Told Tales. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Robert Louis Stevenson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Robert Louis Stevenson — whether to begin with Treasure Island, Jekyll and Hyde, or Kidnapped. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Émile Zola: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Émile Zola — whether to begin with Germinal or Nana. A complete reading guide to the great French naturalist novelist.
Where to Start with Honoré de Balzac: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Honoré de Balzac — whether to begin with Père Goriot or Cousin Bette. A complete reading guide to the great French novelist of the Comédie humaine.
Where to Start with Mark Twain: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mark Twain — whether to begin with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, or his essays and travel writing.
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