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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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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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Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov was a prominent Russian novelist and playwright whose work significantly shaped realist drama in the 19th...

Russian Realism Drama 19TH Century

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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Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was a significant 19th-century French novelist and poet. His impactful works, including *Les Misérables* and...

Classic French Social 19TH Century

9.0 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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Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol was a prominent 19th-century Russian novelist known for his satirical works exploring themes of corruption...

Russian Classic 19TH Century Satirical

8.7 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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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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Émile Zola

Émile Zola was a prominent French novelist of the 19th century. His works, particularly the Rougon-Macquart cycle, exemp...

French Realism Social 19TH Century

8.4 Great

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Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a prominent American novelist writing primarily during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her nov...

Realism American Social 19TH Century

8.3 Great

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Henry James

Henry James was an American-British novelist writing during the 19th century. His work is notable for its deep psycholog...

Classic Realism 19TH Century Psychological

8.2 Great

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Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky was a prominent Russian and Soviet writer and political activist recognized as a founder of the socialist re...

Russian Classic Social 20TH Century

7.7 Good

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Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope was a highly productive English Victorian novelist who wrote 47 novels, alongside various short stories...

Realism Social 19TH Century British

7.7 Good

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Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, best known as the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. She publi...

Realism Social 19TH Century British

7.5 Good

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author, educator, and abolitionist best known for the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin...

Classic American Social 19TH Century

7.5 Good