Romanticism

c. 1800-1850· 16 works

Goethe, Austen, Mary Shelley, Hugo, Pushkin - the early 19th century's turn toward emotion, imagination, and the self, alongside the comedies of manners and historical romances that set the novel loose across Europe.

Romanticism, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 5The Count of Monte Cristo1844Alexandre DumasBreezy·Epic·1,276 pagesInfluence57Popularity97RomanticismAdventureFrench
  2. 21The Red and the Black1830StendhalEasy·Long·560 pagesInfluence56Popularity44RomanticismNovelFrench
  3. 32Pride and Prejudice1813Jane AustenEasy·Long·435 pagesInfluence74Popularity99RomanticismNovelEnglish
  4. 38Self-Reliance and Nature1844Ralph Waldo EmersonModerate·Quick·117 pagesInfluence50Popularity34RomanticismEssayEnglish
  5. 51Frankenstein1818Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBreezy·Short·273 pagesInfluence74Popularity98RomanticismGothicEnglish
  6. 63The Hunchback of Notre-Dame1831Victor HugoEasy·Long·493 pagesInfluence58Popularity76RomanticismHistorical FictionFrench
  7. 88Emma1815Jane AustenEasy·Long·512 pagesInfluence41Popularity86RomanticismNovelEnglish
  8. 92The Three Musketeers1844Alexandre DumasBreezy·Epic·736 pagesInfluence57Popularity90RomanticismAdventureFrench
  9. 93Faust, First Part1808Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGrueling·Short·236 pagesInfluence72Popularity45RomanticismTragedyGerman
  10. 111Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass1845Frederick DouglassBreezy·Quick·176 pagesInfluence48Popularity56RomanticismBiography & MemoirEnglish
  11. 124Eugene Onegin1833Alexander PushkinModerate·Short·240 pagesInfluence55Popularity46RomanticismNovelRussian
  12. 132Dead Souls1842Nikolai GogolModerate·Long·464 pagesInfluence55Popularity46RomanticismSatireRussian
  13. 134The Charterhouse of Parma1839StendhalEasy·Long·532 pagesInfluence56Popularity43RomanticismNovelFrench
  14. 161Persuasion1817Jane AustenEasy·Short·250 pagesInfluence40Popularity80RomanticismNovelEnglish
  15. 182The Communist Manifesto1848Karl MarxBreezy·Short·287 pagesInfluence84Popularity82RomanticismPhilosophyGerman
  16. 194Faust, Part Two1832Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGrueling·Medium·304 pagesInfluence6Popularity44RomanticismAllegoryGerman
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