The 19th-Century American Literature Reading Path

According to Groblé

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.

12 works · 4,708 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1Self-Reliance and NatureRalph Waldo Emerson · 1844Moderate · 117 pages
  2. 2Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass · 1845Breezy · 176 pages
  3. 3The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850Moderate · 238 pages
  4. 4Moby-Dick or, The WhaleHerman Melville · 1851Grueling · 654 pages
  5. 5Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe · 1852Breezy · 629 pages
  6. 6Walden or, Life in the WoodsHenry David Thoreau · 1854Easy · 464 pages
  7. 7Little WomenLouisa May Alcott · 1868Breezy · 504 pages
  8. 8The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain · 1876Breezy · 231 pages
  9. 9The Portrait of a LadyHenry James · 1881Hard · 560 pages
  10. 10The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 1884Breezy · 327 pages
  11. 11Personal MemoirsUlysses S. Grant · 1885Breezy · 674 pages
  12. 12The Turn of the ScrewHenry James · 1898Hard · 134 pages