19th-Century American Literature

1836-1898· 12 works

Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Alcott, Twain, James, Grant - the American 19th century from self-reliance and abolition to frontier humor and international realism.

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19th-Century American Literature, Ranked

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2Moby-Dick or, The Whale Herman Melville1851The Age of the NovelGruelingEpic6547588NovelEnglish
34The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne1850The Age of the NovelModerateShort2385186NovelEnglish
38Self-Reliance and Nature Ralph Waldo Emerson1844RomanticismModerateQuick1175034EssayEnglish
39Little Women Louisa May Alcott1868The Age of the NovelBreezyLong504598NovelEnglish
64The Portrait of a Lady Henry James1881The Age of the NovelHardLong5604462NovelEnglish
66The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain1876The Age of the NovelBreezyShort2314989AdventureEnglish
111Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass1845RomanticismBreezyQuick1764856Biography & MemoirEnglish
114The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain1884The Age of the NovelBreezyMedium3275096AdventureEnglish
158Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe1852The Age of the NovelBreezyEpic6296284NovelEnglish
159Walden or, Life in the Woods Henry David Thoreau1854The Age of the NovelEasyLong4645074EssayEnglish
164Personal Memoirs Ulysses S. Grant1885The Age of the NovelBreezyEpic674124Biography & MemoirEnglish
197The Turn of the Screw Henry James1898The Age of the NovelHardQuick1344263GothicEnglish

19th-Century British Literature