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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a prominent Russian novelist of the 19th century. He is celebrated for his expansive and deeply realisti...

Russian Classic Realism Epic

9.4 Excellent

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky was a nineteenth-century Russian novelist renowned for his intense exploration of human psychology. Hi...

Russian Classic Realism 19TH Century

9.4 Excellent

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Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes was a sixteenth-century Spanish novelist best known for *Don Quixote*. This seminal work is notable...

Adventure Classic Spanish Satirical

9.3 Excellent

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist writing during the Regency period. Her six major novels, such as *Pride and Prejudic...

Classic 19TH Century Romance British

9.2 Excellent

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was a prominent English novelist writing during the Victorian period (1812-1870). His influential works,...

Classic 19TH Century British Victorian

9.1 Excellent

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain was an American novelist born in 1835 and died in 1910. He is primarily known for his impactful works like *A...

Adventure Classic American 19TH Century

9.0 Excellent

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George Eliot

George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, was a prominent 19th-century British novelist celebrated for her deeply realistic por...

Realism Social 19TH Century British

9.0 Excellent

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Machado de Assis

Machado de Assis was a significant 19th-century Brazilian novelist known for his insightful explorations of human psycho...

Classic Realism 19TH Century Psychological

9.0 Excellent

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Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert was a significant 19th-century French novelist known for his meticulous realism and exploration of huma...

Classic French Realism 19TH Century

8.9 Great

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist born in 1819. He is best known for *Moby-Dick*, a complex and influential novel...

Adventure Classic American 19TH Century

8.8 Great

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an 18th-century Anglo-Irish novelist and satirist. He is most celebrated for *Gulliver’s Travels*, a...

18TH Century Classic Satire Political

8.8 Great

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Stendhal

Stendhal was a significant 19th-century French novelist celebrated for intensely detailed explorations of human psycholo...

Classic French Realism 19TH Century

8.7 Great

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a nineteenth-century British novelist recognized primarily for his ima...

Fantasy Classic 19TH Century British

8.7 Great

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a significant 19th-century French novelist renowned for his expansive ‘Comédie humaine.’ This serie...

Classic French Realism Social

8.6 Great

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V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-British author widely recognized for his meticulously crafted novels and non-fiction work...

Classic 20TH Century British Literary

8.6 Great

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Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne was an 18th-century Irish-born English novelist and Anglican clergyman best remembered for his experimen...

18TH Century Classic Comic Experimental

8.0 Great

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Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (1707–1754) was an English novelist, playwright, and magistrate central to the development of the English...

18TH Century Classic Social Comic

7.8 Good

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer, and poet born in Bombay, British India. He is best k...

Adventure Classic 19TH Century British

7.8 Good

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W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist, and short story writer known for his clear, unadorned prose...

Classic Realism 20TH Century British

7.8 Good

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Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century English writer and printer who played a foundational role in the development of th...

18TH Century Classic British Epistolary

7.3 Good