This shelf
- Books in the decade
- 11
- Total words
- 1,439,316
- Reading time
- 80.0 h
- Quickest read
- Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
The 1810s is the decade in which the novel of manners learned to hold a whole society in view. Jane Austen published four novels between 1811 and 1817 and left two more for the year after her death, while Walter Scott’s verse and prose turned Scottish history into fiction that the rest of Europe read.
Gothic fiction, already a generation old, produced its most durable book in Frankenstein (1818), and Washington Irving’s Sketch Book (1819) began the American short story. Everything below was first published between 1810 and 1819 and is available on editions.ink in EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
Books first published in the 1810s
Ordered by year of first publication. The list is generated from the book pages, so new releases land here automatically.
Sense and Sensibility1811 · 119,000 words
Grimms’ Fairy Tales1812 · 100,000 words
Household Tales1812 · 283,000 words
Pride and Prejudice1813 · 122,000 words
Mansfield Park1814 · 163,000 words
Emma1815 · 161,000 words
Northanger Abbey1817 · 80,264 words
Persuasion1817 · 84,000 words
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus1818 · 75,052 words
Don Juan1819 · 130,000 words
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.1819 · 122,000 words| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen | 119,000 | ~7 h |
| 1812 | Grimms’ Fairy Tales — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm | 100,000 | ~6 h |
| 1812 | Household Tales — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm | 283,000 | ~16 h |
| 1813 | Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen | 122,000 | ~7 h |
| 1814 | Mansfield Park — Jane Austen | 163,000 | ~9 h |
| 1815 | Emma — Jane Austen | 161,000 | ~9 h |
| 1817 | Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen | 80,264 | ~4 h |
| 1817 | Persuasion — Jane Austen | 84,000 | ~5 h |
| 1818 | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus — Mary Shelley | 75,052 | ~4 h |
| 1819 | Don Juan — Lord Byron | 130,000 | ~7 h |
| 1819 | The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. — Washington Irving | 122,000 | ~7 h |
Questions readers ask
How many books on editions.ink are from the 1810s?
11 titles, about 1,439,316 words, roughly 80 hours of reading.
What should I read first from this decade?
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) is the shortest at about 4.2 hours; Household Tales, the two-hundred-tale Grimm collection, is the longest at roughly 15.7 hours.
How are the dates chosen?
By first publication of the work in book form; the book pages give the exact edition and source used.
Can I read these on a Kindle or Kobo?
Yes: EPUB for most readers, AZW3 for older Kindles and KEPUB for Kobo devices, all direct downloads.
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