5 Bücher ähnlich wie Silas Marner
Das Erbe Kains
At the request of a person who has claims on me that I must not disown, I consent to look back through a long interval of years and to describe events which took place within the walls of an English prison during the earlier period of my appointment as Governor.
Gemeinsame Themen: Adopted children, Fathers and daughters, Mystery
Frauen und Töchter
The story is about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
Gemeinsame Themen: Country life, Fathers and daughters, Social life and customs
Die Geschichte des Tom Jones
The foundling Tom Jones is found on the property of a benevolent, wealthy landowner. Tom grows up to be a vigorous, kind-hearted young man, whose love of his neighbor's well-born daughter brings class friction to the fore. The presence of prostitution and promiscuity in Tom Jones caused a sensation at the time it was published, as such themes were uncommon. It is divided into 18 shorter books,…
Gemeinsame Themen: Foundlings, Social life and customs, History
Der Graf von Monte Christo
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.
Gemeinsame Themen: Classics
Die Reise nach Westen
Journey to the West () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. It was widely known in English-speaking countries through the British scholar Arthur Waleys 1942 abridged translation Monkey.
Gemeinsame Themen: Classics