WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)

The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans The Pathfinder The Pilot The Pioneers The Spy

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)

The House of Seven Gables The Scarlet Letter

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891)

Billy Budd Moby-Dick Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life The Confidence-Man

HARRIET E. WILSON (1825-1900)

Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black

LEW WALLACE (1827-1905) Historical

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888)

Little Women