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Daniel Defoe
1719 – Publishes Robinson Crusoe
One of the first English novels, Robinson Crusoe is considered a foundational work of adventure literature. -
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Jane Austen
1813 – Publishes Pride and Prejudice
A classic romance novel that critiques social norms and marriage expectations of the time. -
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Charles Dickens
1843 – Publishes A Christmas Carol
A famous novella that introduced the character Ebenezer Scrooge and popularized Christmas traditions. -
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Thomas Hardy
1891 – Publishes Tess of the d’Urbervilles
A tragic novel about a young woman struggling with social injustice. -
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Virginia Woolf
1925 – Publishes Mrs. Dalloway
A modernist novel using stream-of-consciousness narration to explore a single day in a woman’s life. -
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George Orwell
1949 – Publishes 1984
A dystopian novel warning about totalitarianism, censorship, and surveillance.