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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Passion According to G.H.
Clarice Lispector · 214 pages
The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector's mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door - crushing the cockroach - and then watches it die. At the end of the novel, at the height of a spiritual crisis, comes the most famous and most genuinely shocking scene in Br
The Dollmaker
Harriette Simpson Arnow · 624 pages
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham · 582 pages
Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine. Not only is this a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it a special interest in vie
The Dud Avocado
Elaine Dundy · 272 pages
It’s been described as “Catcher in the Rye” for girls by British blogger Moira Redmond. When Sally Jay Gorce was thirteen, she made a pact with her wealthy uncle Roger; if she stopped running away from home, stayed in school and made it all the way through college, he would pay for her to live wherever and however she wished, for two years. Now Sally is out of college and in Paris, in the lat
The Awakening
Kate Chopin · 190 pages
The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that
Schoolgirl
Osamu Dazai · 106 pages
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, ***Schoolgirl*** gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them--a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. Thi
Paris, He Said
Christine Sneed · 324 pages
"Jayne Marcus feels directionless and is struggling to pay her bills in Manhattan when she is given the opportunity to move to Paris with her wealthy lover and benefactor, Laurent Moller, who owns and operates two art galleries, one in New York, the other in Paris. He offers her the time and financial support she needs to begin her career as a painter and also challenges her to see who and what sh
Swamp Angel
Ethel Wilson · 215 pages
Canadian Northwest is setting for story of a woman who divorces her worthless husband.
A Certain Smile
Francoise Sagan · 128 pages
"This novel is set in Paris in the 1950s and told by a young student, bored, restless, and curious about love and sex. Frank and spontaneous, vulnerable and cruel, Sagan's young narrator explores unrequited love and the precarious balance of irrational emotions and self-restraint."--Page 4 of cover.
The Glimpses of the Moon
Edith Wharton · 284 pages
“The Glimpses of the Moon” is a romance story. Nick and Susy are the main characters and have no money. They belong to a society of wealthy people, and they plan to get married to better themselves financially from the wedding with the gifts they will receive.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook h
All Passion Spent
Vita Sackville-West · 296 pages
Indiana
George Sand · 302 pages
J'ai ecrit Indiana durant l'automne de 1831. C'est mon premier roman; je l'ai fait sans aucun plan, sans aucune theorie d'art ou de philosophie dans l'esprit. J'etais dans l'age ou l'on ecrit avec ses instincts et ou la reflexion ne nous sert qu'a nous confirmer dans nos tendances naturelles. On voulut y voir un plaidoyer bien premedite contre le mariage. Je n'en cherchais pas si long, et je fus e
The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl
Resat Nuri Guntekin · 328 pages
Harper Lee Collection: To Kill a Mockingbird + Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee · 624 pages
Hangsaman
Shirley Jackson · 260 pages
Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who keeps a tight rein on Natalie and her long-suffering mother. When Natalie finally does get away, however, college life doesn’t bring the happiness she expected. Little by little, Natalie is no longer certain of anything—even where reality ends and her dark imaginings begin. Chi
The Company She Keeps
Mary McCarthy · 304 pages
Six episodes that tell of the experiences of a girl, in her twenties and on her own in New York, fuse into a portrait of an individual and a revelation of a distinct social milieu.
Hopscotch
Julio Cortazar · 564 pages
*Hopscotch* (Spanish: *Rayuela)* is a novel by Argentine author Julio Cortázar. It was written in Paris and published in Spanish in 1963 and in English in 1966.
Burger's Daughter
Nadine Gordimer · 361 pages
Par une romancière sud-africaine de talent, une plongée dans l'enfer quotidien - violence et suspicion - du racisme. L'héroïne est la fille d'un médecin blanc, condamné à la prison à vie, pour avoir organisé la lutte politique contre l'apartheid.