11 似ている本： 善良な兵士

財産ある男 John Galsworthy · 1906 · 350p · ≈ 11h · 骨がある The first book of the Forsyte Saga, initially published in 1906 (the second was not published until 1921). Here the reader is introduced to the large Forsyte clan, with special attention paid to the rapacious Soames who’s urge to possess includes his beautiful wife Irene, who he eventually alienates by his jealous and grasping nature. 共通テーマ：Middle class, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs

虚栄の市 William Makepeace Thackeray · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 699p · ≈ 23h · 難解 No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought,… 共通テーマ：Married people, British, British and irish fiction, Friendship

非商業的旅行者 Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · 難解 A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. 共通テーマ：British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, History

佩勒姆 Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · 骨がある This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… 共通テーマ：British and irish fiction, Drama, Classic Literature

ボヴァリー夫人 Gustave Flaubert · 1856 · ★ 3.7 · 430p · ≈ 14h · 骨がある Charles Bovary, médecin de campagne, veuf d'une mégère, fait lors d'une tournée la rencontre du père Rouault et de sa fille, Emma. Après leur mariage, Emma reste insatisfaite et rêve d'une nouvelle vie. Son premier amant lui donne le goût du luxe et fait miroiter un avenir à deux avant de l'abandonner. Une fois remise, Emma continue à faire de folles dépenses, qui peu à peu la mènent à la ruine… 共通テーマ：Middle class, Adultery, Social life and customs, History

天使が恐れる場所 E. M. Forster · 1920 · ★ 3.6 · 131p · ≈ 4h · 骨がある Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) follows two women to Italy: the widowed Lilia Herriton and her traveling companion Caroline Abbott. Lilia falls passionately in love with the country, and also with a young Italian man. Her decision to remain in Italy enrages her dead husband's family, who send her brother-in-law to fetch her back. 共通テーマ：Middle class, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

血肉の道 Samuel Butler · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 561p · ≈ 18h · 骨がある I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly… 共通テーマ：Middle class, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Classic Literature

平原綺談集 Rudyard Kipling · 1888 · 194p · ≈ 6h · 骨がある Originally written for the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette, the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling revised the tales so as to recreate as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for those at home. Yet far from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling's stories tell of… 共通テーマ：British, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Classic Literature

有罪の川 Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · 骨がある During his lifetime, British fiction writer Wilkie Collins came to rival Charles Dickens in popularity and critical acclaim. Like Dickens, Collins often gravitated toward characters who overcame significant obstacles to learn important life lessons. The novella The Guilty River continues in this vein, recounting an against-all-odds love affair that blossoms between a couple that each… 共通テーマ：British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

帰郷 Thomas Hardy · 1878 · ★ 3.9 · 257p · ≈ 8h · 骨がある The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one woman he should not--Eustacia Vye. The suffering that follows is mitigated somewhat by the ending. 共通テーマ：Adultery, Married people, Social life and customs, History

世界の道 William Congreve · 1700 · ★ 3.3 · 182p · ≈ 6h · 難解 The Way of the World is a comedy play written by the English playwright William Congreve, first performed in 1700. It premiered in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded by critics as one of the finest works of Restoration comedy ever written, and has often been called a centrepiece of the genre. Initially, however, the play struck many audience members as continuing… 共通テーマ：Adultery, Drama, Social life and customs