19th Century Books


The Scarlet LetterThe Scarlet Letter
Best Price: $1.22
I agree with just about everything that has been said about this book. It is a classic and I...
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
Best Price: $3.65
You'll notice pretty quickly when you pick this up that Huck doesn't spell too good and his...
The AwakeningThe Awakening
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On the cover page the following sentence caught my eye: "Written nearly one hundred years...
The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $1.92
I think the many readers who were forced to partake of this classic were angry at their English...
101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
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This is a wonderful collection of American poetry classics. It contains most of the poems that...


Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Its was a well done order i had no troblems receivin it. It came on time.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics)Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics)
Best Price: $2.81
I jumped into this book mainly to work on reading lists that i had seen it appear on. I did...
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
Best Price: $0.94
He loved everything he saw about life and he truly loved his fellow man and woman - and most...
The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
Best Price: $10.00
This eddition of the book is not about the excellence of the story- but, rather a consise review...
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions)Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.91
How does one review a classic? In this day of eco-spirituality, Thoreau is a must-read. This...


Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $7.67
I could not finish listening to the terrible injustice Burt Reynolds did to this classic. It...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $2.70
This was a trip back for me in two ways. For one, it takes place in a different time when life...
Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) (Signet Classics)Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $1.75
This book was delivered in excellent conditions, it was a brand new book and it arrived faster...
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Possibly the best exemplar of what America truly stands for is Henry David Thoreau. The above...
Quicksand and Passing (American Women Writers Series)Quicksand and Passing (American Women Writers Series)
Best Price: $7.00
Being already mesmerized by the great Toni Morrison, I was quite surprised to literally...

Great American Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Great American Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.44
Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation...
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.82
Not only is the book small, somewhere between a pack of smokes and a wallet only thinner, it...
Bartleby and Benito Cereno (Dover Thrift Editions)Bartleby and Benito Cereno (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.75
Bartleby is a quick entertaining read about the breakdown between employee/employer relationships.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan PoeComplete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Best Price: $12.84
Hey...what do I really need to say here? I mean, this is Edgar Allan Poe we're talking about! ...
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition)Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition)
Best Price: $1.88
Excellent condition. Just as described. quick shipping and low priced book. A perfect...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $2.30
Mark Twain's great American classic cannot be classified as any other than children's...
The Complete Poems of Emily DickinsonThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Best Price: $10.80
This is an excellent collection of all her work. It is in chronological order as well so it is...
The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics)The Scarlet Letter (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Best Price: $1.83
This book was purchased for my daughter for a class. I remember reading it in high school and...
The Scarlet Letter (Modern Library Classics)The Scarlet Letter (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $1.54
A one sentence summary of this book would go like this: set in Puritan Boston, Massachusetts...
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
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An incredible bargain and wonderful tales to boot, vice and virtue were never more complex or...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain Library)The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain Library)
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tom sawyer is a young boy who always causes trouble. when he teams up with huckleberry finn the...
Billy Budd and Other TalesBilly Budd and Other Tales
Best Price: $1.27
I went into Billy Budd expecting fully unique characters, dynamic adventure scenes,...
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $8.95
Emerson's essays are, of course, absolutely superb, and this Modern Library edition is...
Moby-Dick (Dover Giant Thrift Editions)Moby-Dick (Dover Giant Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $2.53
Yes, it's not an easy book to read - it's long and some of the chapters are tedious. There are...
Passing (Norton Critical Editions)Passing (Norton Critical Editions)
Best Price: $10.12
This is a story of two African American women who are able to pass as caucasian in the 1920s. A...

The Turn of the Screw - Literary Touchstone ClassicThe Turn of the Screw - Literary Touchstone Classic
Best Price: $3.99
This edition provides provacative notes to assist the reader who is not accustomed to the gothic...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Enriched Classics Series)A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Enriched Classics Series)
Best Price: $2.42
I have always loved Mark Twain since reading Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as a kid. At one point I...
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics)Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $1.75
It is a shame and an irony that really, really good writers end up with their books becoming...
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading EditionThe Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition
Best Price: $10.79
This piece was in better condition than I expected and I received for much cheaper than what my...
The House of the Seven Gables (Signet Classics)The House of the Seven Gables (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $2.24
"Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house,...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics)
Best Price: $2.44
Final Harvest: PoemsFinal Harvest: Poems
Best Price: $6.00
This is the best collection/selection of Emily Dickinson's poems I have ever found. They're...
Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.34
4 1/2 stars, really, but we can't do that. This is the original 1855 version. Whitman added to...
Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Bantam Classics)Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $3.68
None have mastered the pithy wisdom of Mark Twain and it is nowhere more powerful than his short...
The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Classics)The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $1.92
Mark Twain famously wrote a scathing critique of Cooper's whole body of work; this critique,...

The Portable Thoreau (Penguin Classics)The Portable Thoreau (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.50
This is a nice size copy. I'm glad it's larger than a normal paper back. 'makes reading...
The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)
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Isabel Archer is a young, spirited American who travels to England stay for a bit with her...
Billy Budd, Sailor (Enriched Classics)Billy Budd, Sailor (Enriched Classics)
Best Price: $2.32
Melville is an exceptionally difficult author for the modern reader. His wind-up to the events...
Mark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human RaceMark Twain's Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race
Best Price: $11.87
Here are some useful living tips, advice and observations from that quintessential American...
Great American Stories: Ten Unabridged ClassicsGreat American Stories: Ten Unabridged Classics
Best Price: $17.85
I bought this for my dad as he has started listening to literature on XM Radio. So far he loves...

Roughing It (Enriched Classic Series)Roughing It (Enriched Classic Series)
Best Price: $3.48
No need to beat around the sage brush: this book is fantastic. The funny passages are...
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc
Best Price: $8.75
Never thought that Mark Twain would have written this book. It shows his admiration for Joan of...
The Annotated Wizard of Oz  (Centennial Edition)The Annotated Wizard of Oz (Centennial Edition)
Best Price: $23.74
I'm a big fan of these annotated books, not only for their visual appeal on the bookshelf, but...
Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $3.49
Herman Melville (1919-1891) is the great misunderstood and underappreciated genius of nineteenth...
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Norton Critical Editions)Uncle Tom's Cabin (Norton Critical Editions)
Best Price: $10.99
The copy I received of the Norton Critical Edition was missing pages 111-142. Instead, pages...

Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure (Dover Thrift Editions)Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.34
This collection is divided into three sections, "Songs for the Open Road", "Sea,...
The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers (Penguin Classics)The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $3.37
This omnibus collects two of James's best and most well-known shorter works, The Aspern Papers...
The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics)The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $8.49
I think that I must be one of the few people who has read all of Mark Twain's non-fiction and...
Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)Nature and Selected Essays (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.08
Emerson is one of the greatest of essayists. His thoughts have a poetic power. But they are...
Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life (Library of America)Essays and Lectures: Nature: Addresses and Lectures / Essays: First and Second Series / Representative Men / English Traits / The Conduct of Life (Library of America)
Best Price: $16.00
I have lately developed a love affair with the Library of America, and this is its most...
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