8 buku mirip Sebuah Kamar dengan Pemandangan
Tarzan dari Kera
Set amidst the vibrant colors and sounds of the savage African jungle, this classic work, rich in suspense and action, has beckoned generations of readers on a glorious journey to romance and pure adventure. This is the story of the ape-man Tarzan, raised in the wild by the great ape Kala, and how he learns the secrets of the jungle to survive -- how to talk with the animals, swing through the…
Tema bersama: British in fiction, British, Historical Fiction
Hari-hari Terakhir Pompeii
Un classique de la littérature qui redonne vie à la civilisation pompéienne disparue dans l'éruption du Vésuve. Pompéi, 24 août 79 après Jésus-Christ. Cette petite ville romaine du sud de l'Italie vit, sans le savoir, ses dernières heures. L'animation de cette cité florissante ne laisse en rien présager le désastre à venir. Pourtant, à quelques centaines de mètres de là, le Vésuve est en train de…
Tema bersama: Italy, Historical Fiction
Elizabeth dan Kebun Jermaninya
Told in a series of diary entries, Elizabeth and Her German Garden recounts one year in the life of an Englishwoman determined to revitalize the neglected garden of their German estate. It is in the process of laying out flower beds, ordering rose varietals, and supervising the planting that she finds peace and escape from her three young children (referred to simply as the April, May, and June…
Tema bersama: British in fiction, British
Warga Boston
First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a conservative civil war veteran, his feminist cousin Olive Chancellor, and Verena Tarrant, a newcomer to their circle whose affections are sought by both Olive and Basil.James' ambivalence…
Tema bersama: Movie novels, Young women, Historical Fiction
Emma
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a…
Tema bersama: Young women, British and irish fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
Bulan dan Enam Pence
The Moon and Sixpence is a fictional novel heavily influenced by the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. The novel is told first-person, dipping episodically into the mind of the artist. Charles Strickland is an English stock broker, who leaves everything behind him in his middle age to live in defiant squalor in Paris as an artist. His genius is eventually recognized by a Dutch painter.
Tema bersama: England in fiction, British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction
Pelayaran Keluar
“The Voyage Out” by Virginia Woolf.
This is a story about a young English woman, Rachel, on a sea voyage from London, to a South American coastal city of Santa Marina. As I read the story, the title of the story became a metaphor for Rachel's inner journey.
The inner journey within this story is perhaps best summarized in the author's words:
“The next few months passed away, as many years…
Tema bersama: British, Young women, Travel, Romance
Menara Barchester
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers
Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that interweaves power, love, greed, and deceit in Barchester.
Barchester Towers (1857) is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten-year apprenticeship, Trollope…
Tema bersama: England in fiction, British and irish fiction, Classics