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Year 1993  
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"Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story explores themes of ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the consequences of man's hubris through the experiences of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creation of his own making. The opening of the book introduces Robert Walton, an ambitious explorer on a quest to discover new lands and knowledge in the icy regions of the Arctic.

Year 2001  
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"Moby Dick; Or, The Whale" by Herman Melville is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows Ishmael, a sailor on a whaling voyage, who seeks adventure and escape from his gloomy life on land.

Year 1998  
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"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is a classic novel written in the early 19th century. The story delves into themes of love, social class, and individual agency, largely revolving around the life of Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters from a modest but genteel family navigating the complex social landscape of Regency England.

Year 2008  
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is a classic children's novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows a young girl named Alice who, feeling bored and sleepy while sitting by a riverbank, encounters a White Rabbit and follows it down a rabbit hole, plunging into a fantastical world filled with curious creatures and whimsical adventures.

Year 2008  
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"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a novella written during the late 19th century that delves into the duality of human nature and the struggle between good and evil. The narrative follows Mr. Utterson, a lawyer, as he investigates the mysterious relationship between his friend, Dr. Jekyll, and the sinister Mr. Hyde, uncovering dark secrets that test the boundaries of morality.

Year 2001  
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"A Room with a View" by E. M. Forster is a novel written during the early 20th century, which explores themes of social conventions and personal freedom. Set primarily in Italy and England, the narrative follows the journey of Lucy Honeychurch, a young woman navigating her feelings about love, societal expectations, and her own desires against the backdrop of her experiences abroad.

Year 1994  
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"Middlemarch" by George Eliot is a novel written in the mid-19th century that explores the lives and interactions of residents in a provincial English town. The story primarily centers around Dorothea Brooke, a young woman with high ideals and aspirations for a meaningful life, who grapples with her search for love and purpose amid societal expectations.

Year 2008  
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"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic novel written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into themes of sin, guilt, and redemption, primarily exploring the life of Hester Prynne, a woman shunned by her Puritan community after bearing an illegitimate child.

Year 2011  
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"Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" by Louisa May Alcott is a classic novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the lives and experiences of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—as they navigate the challenges of growing up in a modest household during the American Civil War.

Year 1995  
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"Dracula" by Bram Stoker is a Gothic horror novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds through a series of letters, journal entries, and newspaper clippings, primarily following the experiences of Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor. Harker’s journey takes him to Transylvania, where he encounters the enigmatic Count Dracula, setting a thrilling and mysterious tone that delves into themes of fear, seduction, and the supernatural.

Year 2022  
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"The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Valancy Stirling, a nearly thirty-year-old woman who feels trapped in her life as an unmarried woman in a family that shows little regard for her.

Year 2005  
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The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth Von Arnim is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around four women who seek a transformative escape from their mundane lives in cold, rainy England to the alluring sunshine of a mediaeval castle in Italy.

Year 2004  
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"The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" by Tobias Smollett is a satirical novel written in the mid-18th century. The narrative follows the cunning and morally ambiguous character of Ferdinand Count Fathom, a man of mysterious parentage armed with an extraordinary talent for deception and manipulation.

Year 2022  
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"Cranford" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds in a small English village dominated by women, where men are conspicuously absent from social life.

Year 1998  
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"Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. It serves as the sequel to "The Three Musketeers" and continues the adventurous saga of D'Artagnan and his friends—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

Year 2000  
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"The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" by Tobias Smollett is a novel written during the mid-18th century. This humorous work explores the journey and misadventures of the Bramble family and their companions as they travel through Wales and England, providing a satirical glimpse into the social and cultural life of the time.

Year 1998  
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"Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" by Charlotte Brontë is a novel written in the early 19th century, specifically during the Victorian era. The story centers around Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl who faces hardship and oppression while growing up in the unkind household of her aunt, Mrs. Reed.

Year 2004  
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"The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling" by Henry Fielding is a novel written in the early 18th century. The narrative revolves around the life of Tom Jones, a foundling raised by the benevolent Squire Allworthy, exploring themes of morality, love, and social class.

Year 2003  
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"The Adventures of Roderick Random" by Tobias Smollett is a novel written in the early 18th century. The book follows the life and misadventures of Roderick Random, an orphan navigating a world rife with challenges, cruelty, and injustice.

Year 2006  
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"Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story delves into the psychological turmoil of its main character, Rodion Raskolnikov, a former student living in extreme poverty in St. Petersburg, as he grapples with morality, guilt, and the nature of crime.