1880s Books

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,338,009 ratings — published 1885
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.83 — 666,433 ratings — published 1886
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A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.13 — 495,445 ratings — published 1887
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Treasure Island Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.85 — 541,266 ratings — published 1882
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.14 — 225,011 ratings — published 1886
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.39 — 387,633 ratings — published 1880
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The Portrait of a Lady The Portrait of a Lady (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.80 — 85,226 ratings — published 1881
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.78 — 108,172 ratings — published 1889
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Against Nature Against Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.79 — 15,303 ratings — published 1884
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.07 — 176,865 ratings — published 1883
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King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1) King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.79 — 52,712 ratings — published 1885
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Pinocchio Pinocchio (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.84 — 88,935 ratings — published 1883
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Washington Square Washington Square (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.71 — 25,861 ratings — published 1880
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.81 — 77,716 ratings — published 1884
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Bel-Ami Bel-Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.86 — 49,188 ratings — published 1885
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The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.88 — 71,132 ratings — published 1887
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Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.03 — 114,439 ratings — published 1886
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Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.79 — 68,072 ratings — published 1886
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
by (shelved 18 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.04 — 211,459 ratings — published 1880
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The Mayor of Casterbridge The Mayor of Casterbridge (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.87 — 66,180 ratings — published 1886
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Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.83 — 80,315 ratings — published 1889
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The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.87 — 125,573 ratings — published 1881
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The Bostonians The Bostonians (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.58 — 8,022 ratings — published 1886
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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.30 — 6,886 ratings — published 1888
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Germinal Germinal (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.20 — 43,171 ratings — published 1885
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She (She, #1) She (She, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.56 — 14,170 ratings — published 1887
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Nana Nana (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.84 — 27,737 ratings — published 1880
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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.26 — 38,560 ratings — published 1881
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.07 — 66,977 ratings — published 1883
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Ghosts Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.82 — 18,516 ratings — published 1881
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The Kreutzer Sonata The Kreutzer Sonata (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.86 — 35,687 ratings — published 1889
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Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3) Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.83 — 39,684 ratings — published 1886
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The Happy Prince The Happy Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.19 — 37,928 ratings — published 1888
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The Complete Fairy Tales The Complete Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.16 — 33,560 ratings — published 1888
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The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart #11) The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart #11)
by (shelved 10 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.99 — 20,647 ratings — published 1883
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.03 — 37,786 ratings — published 1880
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The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.12 — 17,206 ratings — published 1886
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A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1) A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.96 — 59,121 ratings — published 2015
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Ten Days in a Mad-House Ten Days in a Mad-House
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,418 ratings — published 1887
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Life on the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.87 — 15,545 ratings — published 1883
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Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.91 — 25,050 ratings — published 1885
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The Aspern Papers The Aspern Papers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.70 — 6,888 ratings — published 1888
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The Last Days of Night The Last Days of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.16 — 44,208 ratings — published 2016
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.91 — 145,484 ratings — published 1886
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,100,378 ratings — published 2011
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An Enemy of the People An Enemy of the People (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.87 — 15,325 ratings — published 1882
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The Selfish Giant The Selfish Giant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,208 ratings — published 1888
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The Rise of Silas Lapham The Rise of Silas Lapham (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.43 — 4,337 ratings — published 1885
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The Anti-Christ The Anti-Christ (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1880s)
avg rating 3.88 — 32,729 ratings — published 1888
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Joshua Zeitz
“A study of fifty women conducted in 1887 revealed that the corset forcibly contracted their waists by anywhere between two and a half and six bodies. The pressure it applied to women's bodies averaged twenty-one pounds but could reach as high as eighty-eight pounds. Tight-lacing was thus akin to crushing oneself slowly from all sides. As a harsh critic of the corset noted, 'It is evident, physiologically, that air is the pabulum of life, and that the effects of a tight cord round the neck and of tight-lacing only differ in degree.... for the strangulations are both fatal. To wear tight stays is in many cases to wither, to waste and to die.”
Joshua Zeitz, Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern

“Daylight meant that she must exist in a world that was growing darker and darker because she knew that there was not a man within miles who wanted a plain twenty-nine-year-old spinster.”
Laura Langdon

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