Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Written Before 1850
Let's go back a bit and read a classic book written before 1850.
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Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection
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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection

Edgar Allan Poe

103 pages • first pub 1880 (editions) user-added

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

178 pages • first pub 1606 (editions)

fiction classics play challenging tense medium-paced
Catalogue Of Skulls Of Man And The Inferior Animals, In The Collection Of Samuel George Morton by Samuel George Morton

Catalogue Of Skulls Of Man And The Inferior Animals, In The Collection Of Samuel George Morton

Samuel George Morton

94 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Andersen

1 hour, 20 minutes • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Alice nel paese delle meraviglie e Attraverso lo specchio by Lewis Carroll

Alice nel paese delle meraviglie e Attraverso lo specchio

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #1-2

Lewis Carroll

221 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

C. Auguste Dupin #1

Edgar Allan Poe

38 pages • first pub 1841 (editions)

fiction classics mystery short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Sonnets

William Shakespeare

80 pages • first pub 1609 (editions)

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

352 pages • first pub 1669 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history informative slow-paced
The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer

592 pages • first pub -800 (editions) user-added

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

134 pages • first pub 1603 (editions) user-added

fiction classics play challenging dark sad fast-paced