Books on the Nightstand discussion

Any good suggestions for this category?

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

I'm reading a collection of stories by E.A. Poe right now. It would fit because he lived between 1809-1849. Too bad I don't have the "published before 1900" category on my card...

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Braddon, c. 1850
This novel, scandalous in its day, hits on all the feminist themes, tho the responses are typically 19th c. A total page turner, its author lived it to see it become a silent picture. Her other best known book (out of gazillions that she wrote) is Aurora Floyd. My feeling is that Thomas Hardy took his heroine cues from Mary Braddon.

Almost finished Nicholas Nickleby, I'd recommend it.

I loved The Woman in White and it also led me to Lady Audley's secret, which is also fantastic.

For a really deep pre-1900 cut, I'd suggest Wieland, or, The Transformation Although it was published in the late 1700s, it reads very modern. A really fun and spooky read.

I'm listening to Sense & Sensibility via the CraftLit podcast, which counts. She also did Woman in White, and plenty of others in the public domain, which should give lots of potential choices.

I'll second by Wilkie Collins, and I also loved his