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Many classic works of literature can be read and enjoyed as historical fiction. Recent movie tie-ins on the works of James Fenimore Cooper and Jane Austen demonstrate the continued popularity of the novels. Several also fall into the adventure category.
Austen, Jane. EMMA.
________. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
________. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.
Bronte, Charlotte. JANE EYRE.
Bronte, Emily. WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
Buck, Pearl S. THE GOOD EARTH.
Cather, Willa. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP.
_______. MY ANTONIA!
Cervantes, Saavedra, Miguel de. DON QUIXOTE.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. CANTERBURY TALES.
Clark, Walter V. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT.
Cooper, James Fenimore. LAST OF THE MOHICANS.
Crane, Stephen. RED BADGE OF COURAGE.
DeFoe, Daniel. ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Dickens, Charles. BLEAK HOUSE.
_______. A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
_______. GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
Dumas, Alexandre. COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.
_______. THREE MUSKETEERS.
DuMaurier, Daphne. REBECCA.
Eliot, George. SILAS MARNER.
Ferber, Edna. CIMARRON.
Hardy, Thomas. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES.
__________. SCARLET LETTER.
Hugo, Victor. LES MISERABLES.
_______. HUNCHBACK OF NOTE DAME.
Killing, Rudyard. KIM.
Lee, Harder. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
London, Jack. SEA WOLF.
OCRs, Baroness Me. SCARLET PIMPERNEL.
Pastern, Boris. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO.
Railings, Merrier Quinine. THE YEARLING.
Remarque, Reich. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
Stein beck, John. THE PEARL.
_______. TORTILLA FLAT.
_______. THE GRAPES OF WRATH.
_______. EAST OF EDEN.
_______. OF MICE AND MEN.
Stow, Harriet Beeches. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
Twin, Mark. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.
_______. ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER.
_______. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT.
Verne, Jules. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
White,
T. H. THE ONCE
AND FUTURE
KING.
