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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 1800–1899
God's good man
God's good man
Marie Corelli (1894)
PG-13
The raiders, being some passages in the life of John Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt
The raiders, being some passages in the life of John Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt
Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Neil Campbell (1893)
PG-13
Sustained honor
Sustained honor
John Roy Musick (1893)
PG-13
In the midst of alarms
In the midst of alarms
Robert Barr, Douglas Lochhead (1893)
PG-13
The naulahka
The naulahka
Rudyard Kipling (1892)
PG-13
Life's fairy tales
Life's fairy tales
John Ames Mitchell (1892)
PG-13
Gösta Berling's saga
Gösta Berling's saga
Selma Lagerlöf (1891)
PG-13
The house of Martha
The house of Martha
Frank R. Stockton (1891)
PG-13
We two
We two
Edna Lyall (1891)
PG-13
A cigarette-maker's romance
A cigarette-maker's romance
Francis Marion Crawford (1890)
PG-13
Ransom My Heart
Ransom My Heart
Meg Cabot (1890)
PG-13
Beatrice
Beatrice
H. Rider Haggard (1890)
PG-13
A Romance at the Antipodes
A Romance at the Antipodes
R. Dun Douglass (1890)
PG-13
Snare of Serpents
Snare of Serpents
Eleanor Burford (1890)
PG-13
Los Cerritos
Los Cerritos
Gertrude Atherton (1890)
PG-13
Marie Gourdon
Marie Gourdon
Maud Ogilvy (1890)
PG-13
Eric Brighteyes
Eric Brighteyes
H. Rider Haggard (1890)
PG-13
O mandarim
O mandarim
Eça de Queiroz (1889)
PG-13
The splendid spur, being memoirs of the adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a servant of His late Majesty King Charles I., in the years 1642-3
The splendid spur, being memoirs of the adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a servant of His late Majesty King Charles I., in the years 1642-3
Arthur Quiller-Couch, Q (1889)
PG-13
Passe Rose
Passe Rose
Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1889)
PG-13
The Huguenot lovers
The Huguenot lovers
Collinson Pierrepont Edwards Burgwyn (1889)
PG-13
The house of the Wolfings
The house of the Wolfings
William Morris (1889)
PG-13
Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor, Volume II
Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor, Volume II
R. D. Blackmore (1889)
PG-13
Ardath, the story of a dead self
Ardath, the story of a dead self
Marie Corelli (1889)
PG-13
El final de Norma
El final de Norma
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1888)
PG-13
Keeper of the Heart
Keeper of the Heart
Johanna Lindsey (1887)
PG-13
The Princess Casamassima
The Princess Casamassima
Henry James (1886)
PG-13
She
She
H. Rider Haggard (1886)
PG-13
The squatter and the don
The squatter and the don
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1885)
PG-13
Prince Otto
Prince Otto
Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)
PG-13