By Daniel Defoe
An extraordinarily detailed narrative of one man's experiences during the Great Plague of London in 1665.
By Charles Dickens
Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, depicting the plight of the peasantry.
By Anthony Trollope
Follows the ambitions and financial troubles of Mark Robarts, a young vicar in Victorian England.
By Anthony Trollope
A witty comedy of clerical ambition, power struggles, and romance in an English cathedral town.
By Charles Dickens
A long-running legal case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, affects all who come near it in Victorian England.
By Charles Dickens
The story of David Copperfield from his impoverished childhood to his success as a famous author.
By Honoré de Balzac
Set in Paris in 1819, the novel follows the intertwined lives of three characters, including the tragic father Goriot.
By Charles Dickens
The personal growth and fortunes of an orphan nicknamed Pip in Victorian London.
By Charles Dickens
A critique of English society, focusing on the harsh conditions of industrial Coketown.
By Victor Hugo
Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of France and the character Jean Valjean.
By Daniel Defoe
The memorable life of Moll Flanders, born in Newgate Prison and living through extraordinary fortunes.
By Willa Cather
Tells the story of an orphaned boy from Virginia and the daughter of Bohemian immigrants on the American prairie.
By Willa Cather
The story of Alexandra Bergson, a Swedish immigrant who inherits her family's farm in Nebraska.
By Charles Dickens
An orphan born in a workhouse travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger and a gang of juvenile pickpockets.
By Henryk Sienkiewicz
An epic tale of love between a Roman patrician and a Christian woman during the reign of Emperor Nero.
By Luo Guanzhong
An epic historical novel detailing the turbulent years at the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
By Alexandre Dumas
A tale of love, rivalry, and political turmoil surrounding a contest to grow a black tulip in 17th-century Holland.
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Based on Hawthorne's experiences at Brook Farm, detailing the ideals and failures of a utopian commune.
By Edith Wharton
The ruthless Undine Spragg climbs the social ladder in New York and Paris through strategic marriages.
By Anatole France
A dramatic tale of a young idealist painter who becomes a ruthless magistrate during the Reign of Terror.
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
A New England family and their ancestral home built on cursed land.
By Victor Hugo
The tragic story of Quasimodo, the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and his love for Esmeralda.
By Stephen Crane
A young private flees from the field of battle during the American Civil War.
By Liu E
A late Qing dynasty social satire following a traveling doctor who observes society's flaws.
By Anthony Trollope
A sweeping satire targeting financial greed and moral hypocrisy in late 19th-century London.
By Harriet Beecher Stowe
An anti-slavery novel that helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
A satirical portrait of 19th-century British society following Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.
By Leo Tolstoy
Chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society.