Concerning Qing Dynasty: Les Deux Jeunes Filles Lettrees (《平山冷燕》or《四才子书》) by 荻岸山人 In simplified Chinese: http://www.guoxue.com/minqingstory/pingshanlenyan/pslyml.htm *French sinologist has translated it into French,but I have no idea if there exists an English version. The Tale of Heroic Sons and Daughters (《儿女英雄传》) by 文康. In simplified Chinese: http://220.174.246.48/LibWeb/novels/classic/hero/hero.html More you can find here: http://www.guoxue.com/minqingstory/mqstoryml.htm

hmm. okay ,i recommend you to read <liao zhai zhi yi>(聊斋志异), the author is pu song ling(蒲松龄) and the poets of na lan xing de(纳兰性德). and ,if you interesting, there is a very funny and readable novel,written by a mordern novelist name "qiong yao" (琼瑶)from tai wan, and the novel named <huan zhu ge ge >,(还珠格格), strongly recommend. and you can purchase those translate version in the local bookstore good luck and best wishes :)

You want a Chinese literature from Qing dynasty or talking about it or take it as a background? Literature from Qing dynasty were written by wenyan baihua. Talking about the history :雍正王朝，康熙王朝，清朝那些事儿。 As a background:there are a lot.

you can read 《 KANGXI disguise to visit 》，this book as good as a play.

well，i really dont think 聊斋or 金庸is a good recommendation，since there're many idioms that is difficult for one whose mother tongue is not chinese。 how about just go to this website and check it out ,all the books there are classified. you can read them online.just one problem,the advertisements will be a little bit annoying http://www.tianyabook.com/