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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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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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Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë was an 19th-century British novelist primarily known for *Wuthering Heights*. This groundbreaking work esta...

19TH Century Romance British Gothic

8.9 Great

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Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë was a 19th-century British novelist best known for her groundbreaking work, *Jane Eyre*. The novel’s ex...

19TH Century Romance British Gothic

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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Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British novelist primarily recognized for developing the character of Sherlock Holmes. His stor...

Adventure 19TH Century Detective Mystery

8.5 Great

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Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was a prominent French novelist and short-story writer active in the 19th century. He is recognized fo...

French Realism 19TH Century Short Story

8.5 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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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century British novelist and illustrator who remains best known for his 1848 sati...

Social 19TH Century Satire British

8.0 Great

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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