19th Century Literature
From Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass to Mamsfield Park, from The Posthumous Papers Of the Pickwick Club to Ralph Waldo Emerson a Descriptive Bibliography, we can help you find the 19th century literature books you are looking for. As the world's largest independent marketplace for new, used and rare books, you always get the best in service and value when you buy from Biblio.com, and all of your purchases are backed by our return guarantee.
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through
the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, tell the story of a young
girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic
creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an
exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes
combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland —
have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred
different editions.... Read more about this item
the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, tell the story of a young
girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic
creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an
exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes
combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland —
have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred
different editions.... Read more about this item
A Tale Of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
Written by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that follows Manette, a French doctor imprisoned for 18 long years in Paris’s Bastille. Following his release, he goes to live in London with his daughter Lucie, who had never met him and believed him to be dead. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, A Tale of Two Cities is a fictitious story that falls both into the historical and adventure genres. The famous book is one of the...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the title character Uncle Tom is a long-suffering slave, loyal to both his faith and his master. Presented with an opportunity to escape, he instead chooses to remain in slavery to avoid embarrassing his master. After being sold to a slave trader, Tom suffers brutal treatment and is eventually beaten to death for his refusal to betray his friends — made to represent an ideal of true Christianity. Enormously popular (it was the best-selling novel of the...
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and...
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Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
Published in 1820 by author Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe is an influential historical romance novel set in medieval England. Ivanhoe represents a departure from Scott’s other novels, and remains his most well-known work. Scott explores many different themes in Ivanhoe, chief among them the rivalry and tension between the Saxons and Normans, feudal injustice as well as the oppression of England’s Jewish communities at the time.Critical reception was very positive at the time of publication, and Scott is...
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Life On the Mississippi
by Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before and after the American Civil War. The book begins with a brief history of the river from its discovery by Hernando de Soto in 1542. It continues with anecdotes of Twain's training as a steamboat pilot, as the 'cub' of an experienced pilot. He describes, with great affection, the science of navigating the ever-changing Mississippi River.
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park is a novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between 1812 and 1814. It was published in July 1814 by Thomas Egerton, who published Jane Austen's two earlier novels, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. When the novel reached a second edition, its publication was taken over by John Murray, who also published its successor, Emma.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
The original American satiristCracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written
The Song Of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From the book:The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan from 1836 to 1841. Schoolcraft married Jane, O-bah-bahm-wawa-ge-zhe-go-qua (The Woman of the Sound Which the Stars Make Rushing Through the...
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The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr. Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell...
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Tess Of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, was first published as a censored and serialized version in the British illustrated newspaper, The Graphic in 1891. An intimate portrait of a woman, one of literature's most admirable and tragic heroines...Tess Durbeyfield knows what it is to work hard and expect little. But her life is about to veer from the path trod by her mother and grandmother. When her ne'er-do-well father learns that his family is the last of a long noble line, the d'Urbervilles, he sends...
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Works Of Charles Dickens
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English author of many notable works, including Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities. Multiple publishing firms have released bound collections of his works. Notable sets of Dickens Works have been published by Chapman and Hall in a 24 piece set, and Baker and Taylor in a 12 volume set.
Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner her is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We're Here for a summer. Through the medium of an exciting adventure story, Captains Courageous (1897) deals with a boy who, like Mowgli in The Jungle Book, is thrown into an entirely alien environment.
The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
Kenilworth
by Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. Educated for the law, he obtained the office of sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire in 1799 and in 1806 the office of clerk of session, a post whose duties he fulfilled for some twenty-five years. His lifelong interest in Scottish antiquity and the ballads which recorded Scottish history led him to try his hand at narrative poems of adventure and action. The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810) made his reputation as...
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Rob Roy
by Sir Walter Scott
Young Frank Osbaldistone, sent to live in Scotland, is drawn to the powerful figure of Rob Roy MacGregor, who, with his wife, fights for justice and dignity for Scotland. Twists of plot and a romantic outlaw's cunning escapes make this a classic epic.
Orley Farm
by Anthony Trollope
When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm (near London) to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil.
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to... Read more about this item
Felix Holt, the Radical
by George Eliot
Felix Holt, the Radical is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832. In January 1868, Eliot penned an article entitled "Address to Working Men, by Felix Holt". This came on the heels of the Second Reform Act of 1867 which expanded the right to vote beyond the landed classes and was written in the character of, and signed by, Felix Holt.
19th Century Literature Books & Ephemera
The Posthumous Papers Of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr. Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell...
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through
the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, tell the story of a young
girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic
creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an
exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes
combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland —
have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred
different editions.... Read more about this item
the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, tell the story of a young
girl in a fantasy world filled with peculiar, anthropomorphic
creatures. The classic tale of literary nonsense takes the reader on an
exploration of logic and absurdities. The Alice books — sometimes
combined or referred to with the abbreviated title Alice in Wonderland —
have been translated into at least 97 languages with over a hundred
different editions.... Read more about this item
Poems
by Wilde, Oscar
From the book:Not that I love thy children, whose dull eyesSee nothing save their own unlovely woe,Whose minds know nothing, nothing care to know, -But that the roar of thy Democracies,Thy reigns of Terror, thy great Anarchies,Mirror my wildest passions like the seaAnd give my rage a brother -! Liberty!For this sake only do thy dissonant criesDelight my discreet soul, else might all kingsBy bloody knout or treacherous cannonadesRob nations of their rights inviolateAnd I remain unmoved - and yet, and...
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: York Notes Advanced everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for and 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments
by Thomas Hardy
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature
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$12.70
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Charles Dickens
London: Hazell, Watson & Viney. Hardcover. Good. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Pleasant edition of Dickens' novel. With faux-leather boards, gilt titling and blind stamped design to cover. Marbled end-papers. With the original illustrations of Phiz. Some shelfwear, tanning to page edge and very light rubbing to extremities. Good condition.
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$11.35
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
9-5: Modern Reading Library. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover.
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$10.07
Ivanhoe
by Scott, Sir Walter
Random House Publishing Group, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$5.99
A Tale of Two Cities (Vintage Paperback)
by Charles Dickens
New York: Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books, 1953. Later printing of this edition. A Dicken's classic, not often seen in the Cardinal Edition from Pocket Books. Cover design by Charles Skaggs. Production wrinkle to the spine, and light rubbing to the extremities, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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$15.00
Ivanhoe: A Romance
by Sir Walter Scott
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ivanhoe: A Romance.
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$29.73
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
Lever Brothers, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 397 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Scuffing and loss to edges of pages, with bottom lines of a few pages affected. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be slightly loose. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to spine and edges. Stained marking to rear...
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$26.38
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy (author); Katherine C. Hill-Miller (afterword)
Fine copy in the Reader's Digest World's Best Reading series. Tight, clean copy with sharp corners. Imitation leather binding in fine shape. This copy includes the Publisher's 4-page insert.
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$17.29
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1981-1991. Very Good condition, Gold gilt has one small bump at bottom, small imperfection on top gilt./No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Sir Hubert vov Herkomer,R. A. Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891 and in...
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$55.00
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
Paperback / softback. New. Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father's wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the Lion Heart on a crusade in the Holy Land. On his return, his passionate desire is to be reunited with the beautiful but forbidden lady Rowena.
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$14.36
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra, the Phoenician.
by Arnold, Ewin Lester
New York: Phoenix Publ. Co.,, 1892. 1st American edition.The 1st British was a triple decker & the first British one volume edition was published the same year - preceeds the Lupton, Bert, Putnam, & Lovell editions - An ancient merchant lives his life over & over - re-incarnation novel. Pages browned else very good in decorated cloth, the gilt spine panel bright & clear - minor fraying starting at the spine tips, w/o loss, tight E. Pluribus Unum, Eagle & Shield binding.. First...
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$45.00
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.92
Ivanhoe
by Scott, Sir Walter
Chancellor Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 1851520430 . Blue/white illustrated covers, blue title to the spine. In Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is Very Good+, no markings or tears. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 587 pages .
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$16.12
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 516 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white map to final page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
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$7.87
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
by Hardy, Thomas
Book-of-the-Month Club, 1990. Hardcover. As new/as new. Book-of-the-Month Club, 1990. 8vo. As new hardcover, as new d/j.
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$19.00
Reineke Fuchs (Reynard the Fox)
by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Wilhelm Von Kaulbach's illustrated edition. Half-title, frontispiece, engraved pictorial title-page and regular title page, 36 exquisite full page engravings of the animal characters by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. several pictorial head and tail pieces. 257 pages. Includes the plate after p. 42 which were banned subsequently for moral reasons, showing farmer girls in their nightgowns while hunting a intrusive cat. Wear to the original cover, splitting to front cover but still holding. Circular stain central to...
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$339.32
Ivanhoe
by Scott, Sir Walter
Odhams Press Limited, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date circa 1930's. Previous owners name and address to fep dated June 1933. Red boards with embossed emblem to front cover and gilt detail and title to spine. Raffles Bookstore Norfolk All orders normally dispatched within one working day. We will gladly supply further images or more information if required. Discounts available for multiple orders
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$5.04
The Song of Hiawatha
by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1899 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait, 3 Halftone Engravings, 2 Illustrations. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Handpainted brown suede leather cover featuring an Indigenous man wearing a headdress has been glued over original cloth cover. From Maynard's "English Classic Series - No. 218-219." Previous owner's names. Bottom corners of first three leaves ruffled. Four pages of advertising at the back. .
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$60.00
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, 1995. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.97
