Beat the Backlist 2024 - hosted by austinedecker

published 100+ years ago
a perfect pairing with the "retelling of a classic" prompt
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

866 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics literary funny reflective slow-paced
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

136 pages • first pub 1864 (editions)

fiction classics philosophy reflective slow-paced
Dama Kameliowa by Alexandre Dumas jr., Stanisław Brucz

Dama Kameliowa

Alexandre Dumas jr., Stanisław Brucz

214 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics romance dark emotional slow-paced
La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días by Jules Verne

La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días

Extraordinary Voyages #11

Jules Verne

233 pages • first pub 1872 (editions)

fiction classics science fiction adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Much ADO about Nothing (No Fear Shakespeare) by SparkNotes

Much ADO about Nothing (No Fear Shakespeare)

Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare

SparkNotes

239 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction play
The Thousand and One Ghosts by Alexandre Dumas

The Thousand and One Ghosts

Alexandre Dumas

224 pages • first pub 1849 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

294 pages • first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Laiko mašina. Daktaro Moro sala by H.G. Wells

Laiko mašina. Daktaro Moro sala

H.G. Wells

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction science fiction
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe

36 pages • first pub 1839 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth and her German Garden

Elizabeth

Elizabeth von Arnim

104 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

fiction classics lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced