Most of these novels were written as contemporary novels and as time passed they became historical fiction. What do you mean by “classic” historical fiction?
This might be a function of your particular country or as may be the case with the US, it may be a function of a specific region in that particular country.
People from Chicago and the surrounding MidWest know that the Chicago stock yards (the subject of The Jungle) no longer are in operation today to the extent they were in.the past on the SouthSide of Chicago.
There is only a very small scale, kosher slaughter business in operation today with 1-2 workers preparing the meat.
A Raisin in.the Sun
L. Hansberry
Tenant of Wildfell Hall
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Mary Stewart by Stefan Zweig
Lady Chatterlys Lover
Alone in Berlin by fallada
Catch 22 by heller
All quiet on the western front by Remarque
Ooo just saw classical, alone in Berlin is contemporary, sorry
Grapes of Wrath
I just read this , on the weekend it was very good , depressing but still great.
Emma
Gone with the Wind
Most of these novels were written as contemporary novels and as time passed they became historical fiction. What do you mean by “classic” historical fiction?
Classic literature with historical significance.
This might be a function of your particular country or as may be the case with the US, it may be a function of a specific region in that particular country.
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
People from Chicago and the surrounding MidWest know that the Chicago stock yards (the subject of The Jungle) no longer are in operation today to the extent they were in.the past on the SouthSide of Chicago.
There is only a very small scale, kosher slaughter business in operation today with 1-2 workers preparing the meat.
Waverley by Walter Scott
Any of Walter Scott”s novels will do
War and Peace
A Tale of Two Cities
Les Mis, Victor Hugo
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Lust For Life
The Agony and the Ecstasy
All Quiet on the Western Front
Cry tbe Beloved Country
Gone With the Wind