19th century lit discussion

To discuss your favorite or most hated authors and books of the 1800s.

In general terms, the 19th century was a fantastic era for the development of the novel as we know it today. So many authors from different countries with so many different and elegant styles, literary movements and genres.

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So many authors from different countries with so many different and elegant styles, literary movements and genres.

Also so many authors from different countries writing almost the exact same story:

>foid marries boring older man

>foid fricks around with Captain nicepeepee

>foid comes undone

And all in just a brief 70K words.

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Anna Karenina in a nutshell

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And Effi Briest, and Madame Bovary.

All essentially the same story. All hailed as groundbreaking revelations in literature.

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