swap_horiz William Makepeace Thackeray Alternatives

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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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George Orwell

George Orwell was a British novelist and essayist whose works explored themes of political language, surveillance, and s...

Satire 20TH Century Dystopian 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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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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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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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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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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E.M. Forster

E.M. Forster was a prominent 20th-century British novelist known for his insightful social commentary. His works, such a...

Social 20TH Century British Literary

8.4 Great

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was a prominent 19th-century British novelist known for his realistic portrayals of rural England. His work...

Realism 19TH Century Tragedy British

8.3 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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P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse is a celebrated British novelist known for his enduring comic stories. His work, primarily centered aroun...

Classic Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh was a British novelist prominent in 20th-century literature. His work, often categorized as social satire,...

Social Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was a prominent British novelist born in 1894 and died in 1963. He is best known for his 1932 novel Brave...

Sci Fi Satire 20TH Century Dystopian

8.2 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