When I was in college, these works and a few people were highlighted in the history of literature. The nineteenth century was not the pinnacle of English literature.
Novel:
1. Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Oliver Twist"
2. Thackeray's "Vanity Fair
3. Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
4. Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
5. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bront?.
6. Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".
Poetry:
1. Byron's "Don Juan"
2. Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
My personal favorite "Wuthering Heights"