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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
The house of Martha
The house of Martha
Frank R. Stockton (1891)
PG-13
Charlie Hathaway, or, The city clerk and his sisterCatharine Maria Sedgwick
Charlie Hathaway, or, The city clerk and his sister
Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1869)
PG-13
Gösta Berling's saga
Gösta Berling's saga
Selma Lagerlöf (1891)
PG-13
The Castle Inn
The Castle Inn
Stanley John Weymann (1898)
PG-13
A Hungarian nabob
A Hungarian nabob
Mór Jókai (1899)
PG-13
Life's fairy tales
Life's fairy tales
John Ames Mitchell (1892)
PG-13
The naulahka
The naulahka
Rudyard Kipling (1892)
PG-13
The burglar who moved paradise
The burglar who moved paradise
Herbert D. Ward (1897)
PG-13
The Decameron
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio (1872)
PG-13
Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire
Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire
Thomas Hardy (1872)
PG-13
His fortunate grace
His fortunate grace
Gertrude Atherton (1897)
PG-13
Lone Point
Lone Point
Grace Livingston Hill (1898)
PG-13
In the midst of alarms
In the midst of alarms
Robert Barr, Douglas Lochhead (1893)
PG-13
Prince Perindo's wishT. C.
Prince Perindo's wish
T. C. (1874)
PG-13
Idolatry
Idolatry
Julian Hawthorne (1874)
PG-13
Sustained honor
Sustained honor
John Roy Musick (1893)
PG-13
Stories from the Faerie queeneMary Macleod
Stories from the Faerie queene
Mary Macleod (1897)
PG-13
The Eustace diamonds
The Eustace diamonds
Anthony Trollope (1872)
PG-13
The wild man of the WestRobert Michael Ballantyne, Porter & Coates, Pa.) Caxton Press (Philadelphia +1 more
The wild man of the West
Robert Michael Ballantyne, Porter & Coates, Pa.) Caxton Press (Philadelphia +1 more (1875)
PG-13
Les Jeunes France
Les Jeunes France
Théophile Gautier (1875)
PG-13
The Fair Puritan
The Fair Puritan
Henry William Herbert (1875)
PG-13
Under two flags
Under two flags
Ouida (1871)
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
In Hostile Red
In Hostile Red
Joseph A. Altsheler (1897)
PG-13
A little colonial dameAgnes Carr Sage
A little colonial dame
Agnes Carr Sage (1898)
PG-13
The entertaining story of King Brondé, his Lily and his Rosebud
The entertaining story of King Brondé, his Lily and his Rosebud
Abby Morton Diaz (1869)
PG-13
The golden fleeceA. L. O. E.
The golden fleece
A. L. O. E. (1869)
PG-13
Little Happy-heart, or, Love and laborJane Dunbar Chaplin
Little Happy-heart, or, Love and labor
Jane Dunbar Chaplin (1869)
PG-13
Dross
Dross
Hugh Stowell Scott (1899)
PG-13
The laurel bush
The laurel bush
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1876)
PG-13