Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826.

H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world.

Catherine, a seventeen year old girl, travels with her family to Bath and makes many new acquaintance, including two young men who pursue her.

The Turn of the Screw is s ghostly Gothic tale by Henry James.

Lady Susan is the only full novel written by Jane Austen that was not published in her lifetime.

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.

In Jack London's 1910 story Before Adam a young boy dreams that he is living the life of an early hominid, giving human evolution an early and entertaining portrayal.

Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904.

Knut Hamsun's novel The Growth of the Soil won the Norwegian writer a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.

Christine is brought up by her itinerant musician father, whose death she mourns endlessly.

The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by William Hope Hodgson.

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is the love story between the good shepherd Gabriel Oak and the proud heiress Bathsheba Everdene.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel in three parts, written as a letter from Gilbert Markham to his brother-in-Law.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz chronicles the adventure of Dorothea in the land of Oz.

Jules Verne's classic science fiction story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a children's story about a wooden marionette who is wished to life.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children.

Anne of Avonlea continues the story of Anne Shirley (heroine of Anne of Green Gables).

First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England.

First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England.