The Winds of Winter is a novel in the epic fantasy genre.
 The Bront sisters were notable mid-19th-century authors in this tradition, with Anne Bront's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre and Emily Bront's Wuthering Heights
 The other major fantasy author of this era was William Morris, an English poet who wrote several novels in the latter part of the century, including The Well at the World's End

