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Books of the 1880s

Stevenson brought adventure back; Zola extended naturalism to its limits; Hardy wrote his darkest Wessex novels. James refined the psychological novel into something entirely new. 57 titles in the catalogue from this decade.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain · 1884 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy · 1886 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Tolstoy · 1886 Essential Read See details →
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1880 Recommended See details →
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1880 Recommended See details →
The Young Buglers G. A. Henty · 1880 Recommended See details →
By Pike And Dyke A Tale Of The Rise Of The Dutch Republic G. A. Henty · 1880 Recommended See details →
The Portrait of a Lady Henry James · 1881 Recommended See details →
The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain · 1881 Recommended See details →
A Century Of Dishonor Helen Hunt Jackson · 1881 Recommended See details →
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Machado de Assis · 1881 Recommended See details →
A Tangled Tale Lewis Carroll · 1881 Recommended See details →
The American Claimant Mark Twain · 1881 Recommended See details →
The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Hubert Howe Bancroft · 1882 Recommended See details →
Mademoiselle Fifi Guy de Maupassant · 1882 Recommended See details →
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883 Recommended See details →
Hester Margaret Oliphant · 1883 Recommended See details →
David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883 Recommended See details →
Robin Hood Howard Pyle · 1883 Recommended See details →
Also sprach Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche · 1883 Recommended See details →
The story of my heart Richard Jefferies · 1883 Recommended See details →
Marianela Benito Pérez Galdós · 1883 Recommended See details →
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain · 1884 Recommended See details →
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells · 1884 Recommended See details →
The Life of the Fields Richard Jefferies · 1884 Recommended See details →
The writings of Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau · 1884 Recommended See details →
In Freedom's Cause G. A. Henty · 1884 Recommended See details →
Dictionary of National Biography George Murray Smith · 1885 Recommended See details →
Little men Louisa May Alcott · 1885 Recommended See details →
The Open Air Richard Jefferies · 1885 Recommended See details →
Marius the Epicurean Walter Pater · 1885 Recommended See details →
A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 Recommended See details →
The Bostonians Henry James · 1885 Recommended See details →
Germinal Émile Zola · 1885 Recommended See details →
Heidi Johanna Spyri · 1885 Recommended See details →
Indian Summer William Dean Howells · 1885 Recommended See details →
Romeo & Juliet (adaptation) William Shakespeare · 1885 Recommended See details →
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1886 Recommended See details →
Jo's Boys Louisa May Alcott · 1886 Recommended See details →
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 Recommended See details →
Psychopathia sexualis Richard von Krafft-Ebing · 1886 Recommended See details →
Doña Perfecta Benito Pérez Galdós · 1886 Recommended See details →
What Katy Did Next (Best Loved Stories) Susan Coolidge · 1886 Recommended See details →
The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1887 Recommended See details →
A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887 Recommended See details →
Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 Recommended See details →
A Garland for Girls Louisa May Alcott · 1887 Recommended See details →
Otto of the Silver Hand Howard Pyle · 1888 Recommended See details →
The master of Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888 Recommended See details →
Plain tales from the hills Rudyard Kipling · 1888 Recommended See details →
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1889 Recommended See details →
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain · 1889 Recommended See details →
Sylvie and Bruno Lewis Carroll · 1889 Recommended See details →
The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1889 Recommended See details →
Civilization Edward Carpenter · 1889 Recommended See details →
Nanhua jing Zhuangzi · 1889 Recommended See details →

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