19th century

Provides a historical look at Paris, France and shows why it is considered to be such a unique and popular city.

A graphic novel adaptation of "David Copperfield," about a boy who is sent to work in a dismal factory and runs away to a crotchety old aunt he has never met.

A fictionalized first-person account of revered American poet Emily Dickinson's girlhood in mid-nineteenth-century Amherst, Massachusetts.

Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett's disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.

Chronicles Sheriff Pat Garrett's pursuit of Billy the Kid in the late nineteenth century, describing the lives of both men, their relationship, the historical legacy left behind by Billy the Kid, and Garrett's life after the death of the Kid.

A novel of Regency England which centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

A young boy in 19th-century London runs away from an unhappy home, finds employment in a wine factory, and becomes acquainted with a wide variety of characters in the city streets.

Examines the events of 1861 that led to the outbreak of the American Civil War, profiling key figures whose actions and opinions contributed to the start of the war and outlining key events of the year.

Describes the events surrounding Abraham Lincoln's historic speech following the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, how he responded to the politics of the time, and the importance of that speech.

Chronicles the experiences of the boys sent from China to the United States at the end of the twentieth century to become familiar with Western ways and bring back their knowledge to the empire, describing how their knowledge influenced their lives, thinking, and their nation's quest to become a world power.