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Romance books of the 1800s

The birth of romance as we know it. Austen, the Brontës, and the foundations of love stories.

430 books from 18001899
The beautiful page, or, Child of romance
The beautiful page, or, Child of romance
Unknown (1805)
PG
The instructive story of Industry and SlothUnknown
The instructive story of Industry and Sloth
Unknown (1804)
PG
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1800)
PG
The Wanton
The Wanton
Rosemary Rogers (1843)
R
The awkward age
The awkward age
Henry James (1899)
PG-13
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1899)
PG-13
Blix
Blix
Frank Norris (1899)
PG-13
A King and a Coward
A King and a Coward
Effie Adelaide Rowlands (1899)
PG-13
The Awakening
The Awakening
Kate Chopin (1899)
PG-13
A Duet with an Occasional Chorus
A Duet with an Occasional Chorus
Arthur Conan Doyle (1899)
PG-13
Dross
Dross
Hugh Stowell Scott (1899)
PG-13
A Hungarian nabob
A Hungarian nabob
Mór Jókai (1899)
PG-13
A forgotten linkM. A. Hoyer
A forgotten link
M. A. Hoyer (1899)
PG-13
Evelina's gardenMary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Evelina's garden
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1899)
PG-13
A double thread
A double thread
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1899)
PG-13
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad (1899)
PG-13
Via crucis; a romance of the second crusade
Via crucis; a romance of the second crusade
Francis Marion Crawford (1898)
PG-13
American wives and English husbands
American wives and English husbands
Gertrude Atherton (1898)
PG-13
A little colonial dameAgnes Carr Sage
A little colonial dame
Agnes Carr Sage (1898)
PG-13
Lone Point
Lone Point
Grace Livingston Hill (1898)
PG-13
The Castle Inn
The Castle Inn
Stanley John Weymann (1898)
PG-13
When knighthood was in flower
When knighthood was in flower
Charles Major (1898)
PG-13
Arachne
Arachne
Georg Ebers (1898)
PG-13
Maria Felicia ("The last mistress of Hlohov")Karolína Světlá
Maria Felicia ("The last mistress of Hlohov")
Karolína Světlá (1898)
PG-13
Princes three and seekers sevenMara Colquhoun
Princes three and seekers seven
Mara Colquhoun (1898)
PG-13
And instructive storyUnknown
And instructive story
Unknown (1898)
PG-13
The Howe boysSarah S. Baker
The Howe boys
Sarah S. Baker (1898)
PG-13
Little LoisEvelyn Everett-Green
Little Lois
Evelyn Everett-Green (1898)
PG-13
Lin McLean
Lin McLean
Owen Wister (1898)
PG-13
The Tysons
The Tysons
May Sinclair (1898)
PG-13