Victorian
1847–1900Dickens, the Brontës, Eliot, Hardy, Wilde, Conrad, Stoker. The English novel at its broadest reach, plus the era's late Gothic and imperial fictions.
15 works12 authors5 genres
fantasy novelhistorical novelnovelnovellatreatise
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë·1847
novelaccessible
7.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
16h
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray·1847
novelmoderate
6.0/10 influence6.0/10 popularity
28h
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë·1847
novelmoderate
7.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
10h
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens·1850
novelmoderate
6.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
30h
Bleak House
Charles Dickens·1853
novelmoderate
6.5/10 influence6.5/10 popularity
30h
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins·1859
novelaccessible
5.5/10 influence5.5/10 popularity
20h
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens·1859
historical novelaccessible
8.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
12h
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin·1859
treatisemoderate
10.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
18h
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll·1871
fantasy novelaccessible
7.5/10 influence9.5/10 popularity
4h
Middlemarch
George Eliot·1872
novelmoderate
9.0/10 influence7.5/10 popularity
32h
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde·1890
novelaccessible
6.5/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
6h
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy·1891
novelmoderate
8.5/10 influence8.0/10 popularity
14h
Dracula
Bram Stoker·1897
novelaccessible
7.0/10 influence9.0/10 popularity
12h
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad·1899
novellachallenging
9.0/10 influence8.5/10 popularity
4h
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad·1900
novelmoderate
7.5/10 influence6.5/10 popularity
12h