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19th or less century. This does not mean adding lesser known books by authors who are well know such as Jane Austen.
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90 books · 22 voters · list created January 15th, 2014 by Sara Weather (votes) .
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message 1: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 02, 2015 08:31AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @Sara
Not all that hard for me, even when I leave out lesser known books by well-known authors:-) Although to be fair, both 'forgotten' and 'well-known' all depends upon whom you ask, of course.


message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 02, 2015 01:25PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) @ Miss M
Funny, I thought about adding some of Fanny Burney's books (Camilla / Evelina or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World / Cecilia) but decided against it as I thought she might be a 'well-known' author.

I love this list :-)


message 3: by Miss M (new)

Miss M @Booklovinglady,
IMHO she *should* be well-known, but seems I don't see her mentioned very often...hopefully a little more exposure couldn't hurt! :)


message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 05, 2015 12:34AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) There is another Listopia that might be of interest to voters of this list: Victorian Obscure . It is a bit more restricted because of the era and location, but it is still fun ;-)


message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 15, 2019 04:04AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) I wouldn't exactly call Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (#31) a 'forgotten' classic... It has more than 10,000 ratings and translations of the book are available in a lot of countries.


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