19th Century

Gas lamps flicker over cobblestone streets as characters navigate a world of strict social codes, forbidden passions, and transformative industrial change. Whether in London's grimy workhouses, Russian gambling dens, or the drawing rooms of English country estates, these masterful works capture humanity at its most raw and refined during an era of unprecedented upheaval.

19th Century Book Summaries

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume I

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1966 694 pages

German Literature

Notes from Underground Summary

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1994 136 pages

Russian Literature

Wuthering Heights Summary

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

Historical Fiction

Oliver Twist Summary

by Charles Dickens

Historical Fiction

Notes from the Underground Summary

Notes from the Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian Literature

Tess of the D’Urbervilles Summary

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

Historical Fiction

by Jane Austen

Historical Fiction

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Summary

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll 2020 320 pages

Emma Bovary Summary

by Harold Bloom 1993 222 pages

On the Suffering of the World Summary

On the Suffering of the World

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 pages

Persuación Summary

by Jane Austen

Historical Fiction

David Copperfield Summary

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

Historical Fiction

The Gambler Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian Literature

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II Summary

The World as Will and Representation, Volume II

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1966 720 pages

German Literature

Essays and Aphorisms Summary

Essays and Aphorisms

by Arthur Schopenhauer 1973 240 pages

Oblomov Summary

by Ivan Goncharov 2006 443 pages

Russian Literature

Leaves of Grass Summary

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

North and South Summary

North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Historical Fiction

The Wild Duck Summary

by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages

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