Published 1800 -1900
85 books
Published 1800 -1900
1.2K
E. F. Benson - Dodo: A Detail of the Day
Fashionably controversial bestseller at the time of appearance (1893), portraying London «society» in the Fin de Siècle. Dodo is a young woman who enjoys belonging to the high society. At the start of the book, she is...
8 hours 18 minutes
Literary Fiction
754
Honoré de Balzac - Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life is one of the last great works completed by Balzac for his huge novel series entitled The Human Comedy. Sections of this book, in various groupings and with various titles, were...
22 hours 52 minutes
Literary Fiction
870
Honoré de Balzac - Lost Illusions: Ève and David
Ève and David (1843) is the final book in Balzac’s Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Comédie Humaine . The story is set in post-Napoleonic France. In the...
8 hours 20 minutes
