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The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719)

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Robinson goes back to the island. This is the third edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Robinson Crusoe (1719)

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The first of the desert island castaway adventures. This is the fourth edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1720)

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Robinson writes a series of essays, illuminated by his many adventures. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Sense and Sensibility (1811)

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When Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters find themselves in relative poverty with only the income of ten thousand pounds ($100,000 per year in current money) to live on, she determines to move to a different part of the country, near a cousin who o... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): None

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Hebrew Melodies (1815)

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A collection of 30 poems by Lord Byron which were largely created by Byron to accompany music composed by Isaac Nathan. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): George Byron
Illustrator(s): None

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Emma (1816)

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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, fancies her self a match-maker, but after her first effort, she can’t seem to do anything right. Read all three volumes in one at archive.org. Or read by individual volume: Volume 1: Read online at ar... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Robin Hood (1820)

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A collection of historical material related to Robin Hood, first published in 1795. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Ivanhoe (1820)

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A tale of the Saxons and the Normans in the days of Richard the Lion Heart. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or read for free online by volume: Volume 1 at Internet Archive Volume 2 at HathiTrust Volume 3 at Internet Archive ... View More

Author(s): Walter Scott
Illustrator(s): None

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German Popular Stories Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen Volume I (1823)

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This is the first volume of Grimms’ tales to be translated into English. The title page above is from the third edition. The scan is from a facsimile published in 1904 which is actually from the second issue as there are dots over the "ä" ... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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German Popular Stories Volume II (1826)

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This second collection from Grimm includes a few tales from other sources. There is no list of tales but it begins with The Goose Girl and ends with The Juniper Tree. The image above is from a facsimile printed in 1904. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Oliver Twist (1838)

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Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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Gammer Grethel or German Fairy Tales and Popular Stories (1839)

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This was the third edition of the Edgar Taylor translation of Grimm. It dispensed with the academic apparatus and included additional illustrations by Ludwig Grimm.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank, Ludwig Grimm

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Nicholas Nickleby (1839)

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Nicholas and his sister Kate must find a way to support their mother, despite their miserly uncle Ralph. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot Browne

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The Tournament, or The Days of Chivalry Revived (1840)

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Disappointed in the modernized coronation ceremony for Queen Victoria, the Earl of Eglinton produced a medieval tournament on his estate in Scotland, which is here gently satirized by our artist. Read online at British Museum.... View More

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Master Humphrey’s Clock (1840)

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Master Humphrey’s Clock was begun as a weekly miscellany, but sales fell so much Dickens began the serialization of The Old Curiosity Shop in the fourth number. It was followed by Barnaby Rudge. In addition to weekly and monthly numbers, the fi... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot Browne, George Cattermole

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The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)

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Her grandfather having gambled away all his property and suffered a debilitating stroke, Little Nell flees with him to the English heartland. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot Browne, Daniel Maclise, George Cattermole

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Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841)

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This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Allen Branston

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Barnaby Rudge (1841)

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An historical novel about the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780. Barnaby’s raven Grip inspired Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot Browne, George Cattermole

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A Christmas Carol (1843)

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The classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. READ NOW.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): John Leech

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Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)

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Old Martin Chuzzlewit tries to manipulate his relatives by the promise of inheriting his wealth. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hablot Browne

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