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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I will venture to suggest Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout as the books are well written, amusing, set in the first part of the 19th century, available in most libraries as both paper and ebook, and not long. Rex Stout can pack a complete story into a 50 page novella better than most and has several books with three novellas to the book as well as his longer ones.
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I agree with your recommendation, Helen, but I would note that the books are most certainly not set in "the first half of the 19th century". They were written between 1934 and 1974, and the settings are contemporary with the time of writing.