The Bronte Sisters published their works under pseudonyms in the late 1850s.
The greek classic: Xenophon's The Persian Expedition was a common adventure read for little boys during this time
1790-1794: Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men
The Travels of Sir John Madneville, Canterbury Tales, and Macro Polo's The Travels had been around since the middle ages
In the late 1700s Alexis De Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America.
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Gerald of Wales' The Journey Through Wales/The Description of Wales were floating around at this time.
If someone were interested in Roman history at this time they may have read Tactitus's Annuals of Imperial Rome or Juluis Ceasar's works on invading Europe (whose name is escaping me).
For the philosophy minded there is also Saint Augustine's Confessions.
And for Russian Lit:
Crime & Punishment by Dostoevsky - 1866
War & Peace by Tolstoy - last volume in 1867
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy - published in installments between 1875-1878
The Brothers Karamzov by Dostoevsky - 1879-1880
The Death of Ivan Illyich By Tolstoy - 1889
The greek classic: Xenophon's The Persian Expedition was a common adventure read for little boys during this time
1790-1794: Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men
The Travels of Sir John Madneville, Canterbury Tales, and Macro Polo's The Travels had been around since the middle ages
In the late 1700s Alexis De Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America.
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Gerald of Wales' The Journey Through Wales/The Description of Wales were floating around at this time.
If someone were interested in Roman history at this time they may have read Tactitus's Annuals of Imperial Rome or Juluis Ceasar's works on invading Europe (whose name is escaping me).
For the philosophy minded there is also Saint Augustine's Confessions.
And for Russian Lit:
Crime & Punishment by Dostoevsky - 1866
War & Peace by Tolstoy - last volume in 1867
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy - published in installments between 1875-1878
The Brothers Karamzov by Dostoevsky - 1879-1880
The Death of Ivan Illyich By Tolstoy - 1889