The The Age of the Novel Reading Path

According to Groblé

Dickens to Conrad, Flaubert to Tolstoy, Melville to James - the half-century when the novel became the central literary form on three continents: the Victorian panorama, French realism, the Russian masterpieces, and the American voice.

43 works · 22,653 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë · 1847Easy · 578 pages
  2. 2Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë · 1847Easy · 353 pages
  3. 3Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1847Easy · 912 pages
  4. 4David CopperfieldCharles Dickens · 1850Easy · 1024 pages
  5. 5The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850Moderate · 238 pages
  6. 6Moby-Dick or, The WhaleHerman Melville · 1851Grueling · 654 pages
  7. 7Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe · 1852Breezy · 629 pages
  8. 8Bleak HouseCharles Dickens · 1853Easy · 945 pages
  9. 9Walden or, Life in the WoodsHenry David Thoreau · 1854Easy · 464 pages
  10. 10Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert · 1856Easy · 384 pages
  11. 11A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens · 1859Easy · 406 pages
  12. 12OblomovIvan Goncharov · 1859Moderate · 540 pages
  13. 13The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins · 1859Easy · 671 pages
  14. 14The Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin · 1859Grueling · 480 pages
  15. 15Les MisérablesVictor Hugo · 1862Easy · 1231 pages
  16. 16Fathers and SonsIvan Turgenev · 1862Easy · 228 pages
  17. 17Notes from UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky · 1864Hard · 136 pages
  18. 18Journey to the Center of the EarthJules Verne · 1864Breezy · 234 pages
  19. 19Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky · 1866Hard · 560 pages
  20. 20Little WomenLouisa May Alcott · 1868Breezy · 504 pages
  21. 21The IdiotFyodor Dostoevsky · 1869Hard · 732 pages
  22. 22War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy · 1869Easy · 1440 pages
  23. 23A Sentimental EducationGustave Flaubert · 1869Easy · 479 pages
  24. 24Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne · 1870Breezy · 440 pages
  25. 25Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-GlassLewis Carroll · 1871Breezy · 357 pages
  26. 26MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot · 1872Hard · 810 pages
  27. 27DevilsFyodor Dostoevsky · 1872Hard · 704 pages
  28. 28Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne · 1872Breezy · 248 pages
  29. 29The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain · 1876Breezy · 231 pages
  30. 30Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1877Easy · 831 pages
  31. 31The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky · 1880Hard · 912 pages
  32. 32The Portrait of a LadyHenry James · 1881Hard · 560 pages
  33. 33Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson · 1882Breezy · 210 pages
  34. 34Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883Grueling · 342 pages
  35. 35The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 1884Breezy · 327 pages
  36. 36Personal MemoirsUlysses S. Grant · 1885Breezy · 674 pages
  37. 37The Death of Ivan IlychLeo Tolstoy · 1886Easy · 224 pages
  38. 38The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890Moderate · 252 pages
  39. 39Tess of the D’UrbervillesThomas Hardy · 1891Easy · 517 pages
  40. 40DraculaBram Stoker · 1897Easy · 466 pages
  41. 41The Turn of the ScrewHenry James · 1898Hard · 134 pages
  42. 42Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad · 1899Grueling · 192 pages
  43. 43Lord JimJoseph Conrad · 1900Grueling · 400 pages