18 books like A Journey from This World to the Next

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When the Going Was Good Evelyn Waugh · 1934 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging With the publication of When the Going Was Good Little, Brown takes great pleasure in returning to print a classic of travel journalism. Between 1928 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh wrote four travel books: Labels, Remote People, Ninety-Two Days, and Waugh in Abyssinia, about journeys he made in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. In 1945 he excerpted five long pieces from these books and published… Shares: English Authors, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, British and irish fiction

Typhoon Joseph Conrad · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Challenging TYPHOON is the story of Captain Macwhirr, A dull but reliable seaman and his crew. While at sea, Macwhirrs first mate tells him to change course because of the storm ahead, but Machwirr will have none of that, And then the adventure begins...Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents… Shares: Ocean travel, British and irish fiction

The Cruise of the Snark Jack London · 1911 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Challenging In April 1907 Jack London set out to sail around the world in the 45-foot ship The Snark, accompanied by his wife and a small crew. Although suffering from seasickness and tropical disease, London wrote prolifically, including a series of entertaining sketches of the voyage itself. These were later collected as The Cruise of the Snark, a remarkable record of adventure and love among the islands… Shares: Ocean travel, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Travel

Travels with a donkey in the Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson · 1879 · ★ 3.6 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. This version includes the fragment "A mountain… Shares: English Authors, Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Travel

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Journey Without Maps Graham Greene · 1936 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This is an account of a trip Graham Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and… Shares: Description and travel, Travel

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H.P. Lovecraft · 1965 · ★ 4.1 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Continuador de la tradición del cuento de terror, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) innovó el género con aportaciones procedentes de una veta personalísima de temas y obsesiones en la que se dan cita el mundo sobrenatural, el saber esotérico y las ensoñaciones oníricas. Creador de una mitología fantástica y prolífico autor de cuentos y relatos breves, publicó asimismo tres novelas, entre las que… Shares: Supernatural in fiction, Supernatural

Le Rhin Victor Hugo · 1800 · ★ 4.4 · 430p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Dans ces pages de voyage, Victor Hugo fait du Rhin et de ses villes un vaste livre de pierre, où Mayence, Cologne, Francfort, Worms et Rome révèlent les combats du temps, de l'histoire et de la modernité. L'arrivée par le chemin de fer, la douceur des paysages rhénans, les cathédrales, les cloîtres, les tombeaux et les ruines composent une méditation à la fois savante, lyrique et indignée sur la… Shares: Description and travel, British and irish fiction, Travel

The return Walter De la Mare · 1910 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Challenging After visiting a graveyard, a man finds his appearance has mysteriously changed. Returning home only to be received with horror and suspicion by his family, he must reckon with the social consequences of his bizarre transformation, while searching for an explanation and solution. Walter de la Mare has a reputation for crafting ghost stories of philosophical depth and haunting ambiguity. The… Shares: Supernatural in fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal

The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London. Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element (which occurs also, for instance, in his Guy Fawkes and his… Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

With the immortals Francis Marion Crawford · 1888 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

On a Chinese screen William Somerset Maugham · 1922 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Challenging On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on… Shares: English Authors, Description and travel, Travel

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Samuel Johnson · 1775 · ★ 3.4 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Demanding In "A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland," Samuel Johnson embarks on a rich narrative that intertwines travelogue with philosophical reflection. Written in 1775, this work documents Johnson's exploration of the Scottish Highlands alongside his companion James Boswell. The text is characterized by Johnson's keen observations, eloquent prose, and a blend of personal anecdote and… Shares: English Authors, Diaries, Description and travel, Travel

Treasure Box Orson Scott Card · 1996 · ★ 3.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A reclusive millionaire's hasty marriage leads to chilling revelations in the renowned author's "enthrallingly entertaining" supernatural horror novel (Booklist). Software engineer Quentin Fears was only 10 when his beloved sister died in a car accident. Since then, he withdrew from the world into books and machines. Though he's made millions with his software, he avoids companionship at all… Shares: Supernatural in fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Venetian life William Dean Howells · 1866 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Challenging This is a novel book. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Howells was appointed United States consul in Venice, Italy. In Venetian Life, an utterly engaging travelogue, Howells revises a series of travel letters he had written about his experiences in Venice for the Boston Advertiser. Honest in its love for (yet discomfort in) Venice, it would be followed by Italian Journeys. Shares: Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Travel

Wild Wales George Henry Borrow · 1798 · 608p · ≈ 20h · Demanding Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862. Shares: English Authors, Description and travel, Travel

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad · 1899 · ★ 3.4 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. His readers are… Shares: Diaries, Description and travel, Travel, History

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