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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Reynard the Fox (1895)

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The medieval beast fable of how Reynard the Fox tricked the King of beasts and his court. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Anonymous
Henry Cole
Illustrator(s): W. Frank Calderon

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Sheila’s Mystery (1895)

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Two sisters share a name and a mystery.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Story of a Bad Boy (1895)

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The story of the author’s youth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The highlights include the snowball battle on Slater’s Hill and the celebration of the glorious 4th. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s): A. B. Frost

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The Works of Tobias Smollett (1895)

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12 volumes. Bedford did the frontispieces, the head and tail pieces, and cover. There are several different editions of the editorial matter, many of which do not contain the Bedford art. This was issued in an edition of fifteen hundred copies. Read ... View More

Author(s): Tobias Smollett
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
Frank Richards

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Bracebridge Hall (1896)

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An account of an American author’s time in Old England. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

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Cressy and Other Tales (1896)

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This is volume VII of the Standard Library Edition of the writings of Bret Harte. The title story is a romance of the gold fields. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Bret Harte
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha (1896)

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At once the greatest Spanish novel and the last. Published in four volumes.

Author(s): Miguel de Cervantes
Illustrator(s): None

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Mr. Midshipman Easy (1896)

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This novel based on the author's service in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 combines naval adventure, satire and humor.  It is perhaps the best written of the author's works from a literary point of view, being comp... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Fred Pegram

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Tom Brown’s School Days (1896)

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School days at Rugby by an old boy. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Edmund J. Sullivan

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The White Rocks (1896)

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A novel set in a small Swiss town dealing with a Protestant pastor. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Édouard Rod
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Bolanyo: A Novel (1897)

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An out-of-work actor is literally blown ashore at Bolanyo, a Mississippi river town, and soon is embroiled in its society and politics. Cover is by Parrish. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Opie Read
Illustrator(s): Charles Francis Browne
Maxfield Parrish

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“Captains Courageous” A Story of the Grand Banks (1897)

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Harvey Cheyne falls overboard from his liner on the Grand Banks and is picked up by a cod fisherman who proceeds to make a man of him. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): I. W. Taber

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Charles O’Malley The Irish Dragoon (1897)

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A story of the Peninsular War replete with humorous characters, boisterous fun and martial adventure. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Charles Lever
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1897)

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This was the author’s first novel, dealing with an elderly bibliophile, his cat and his benefactions.

Author(s): Anatole France
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Free to Serve, A Tale of Colonial New York (1897)

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An historical romance of New York in colonial times. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Emma Rayner
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

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The Grey Lady (1897)

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The story of twin brothers from a Navy family and what happens when one flunks out of officer’s school. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Henry Seton Merriman
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Mansfield Park (1897)

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Sir Thomas Bertram considers he is bestowing a great favor on Fanny Price when he takes her into his home, but in the end finds himself in her debt.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Hugh Thomson

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Miss Mouse and Her Boys: A Story for Girls (1897)

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An only girl of nine is introduced to five boy cousins. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Persuasion (1897)

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Persuasion is considered by many to be its author’s greatest work. Anne Elliot ‘with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character,which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding’ is burdened with a father and... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

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The Arkansaw Bear (1898)

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Runaway Bocephus meets Horatio the fiddle-playing bear in the woods and teaches him the rest of his song as they take to the road. This is the first edition, identified by a misprint of T for B at the start of chapter 2. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

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