18 books like A time to love

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Little Women Louisa May Alcott · 1848 · ★ 4.2 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Louisa May Alcotts classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the… Shares: Historical Fiction, Romance

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters,… Shares: Historical Fiction, Romance

Nine Coaches Waiting Mary Stewart · 1958 · ★ 4.1 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Linda Martin, an English woman is hired to be a governess for a young French boy. But a strange terror coiled in the shadows behind the brooding elegance of the huge Château Valmy. It lay there like some dark and twisted thing -- waiting, watching, ready to strike. Was it only chance encounter than had brought the lovely governess to the château? Or was it something planned? She only knew… Shares: Romance

Madam, Will You Talk? Mary Stewart · 1954 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Widow Charity Selborne had been greatly looking forward to her driving holiday through France with her old friend Louise - long, leisurely days under the hot sun, enjoying the beauty of the parched Provencal landscape. But when Charity arrived at a plush resort in the picturesque French resort town of Avignon, she had no way of knowing that she was to become the principal player in the last act… Shares: Romance

Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell · 1936 · ★ 4.3 · 824p · ≈ 27h · Challenging Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century. It is one of the most popular books ever written: more than 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. Today, more than 60 years after its initial publication, its… Shares: Historical Fiction

The Ivy Tree Mary Stewart · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A TRICK OF COLORING... HER WALK... THE WAY SHE SMILED... An English June in the Roman Wall countryside; the ruin of a beautiful old house standing cheek-by-jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of the manor farm - a lovely place, and a rich inheritance for one of the two remaining Winslow heirs. There had been a third, but Annabel Winslow had died four years ago - so when a young woman calling… Shares: Romance

Frenchman's Creek Daphne du Maurier · 1940 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Jaded by the numbing politeness of Restoration London, Lady Dona St. Columb revolts against high society. She rides into the countryside, guided only by her restlessness and her longing to escape. But when chance leads her to meet a French pirate, hidden within Cornwall's shadowy forests, Dona discovers that her passions and thirst for adventure have never been more aroused. Together, they… Shares: Romance

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800 · ★ 3.4 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a… Shares: Historical Fiction

Jamaica Inn Daphne du Maurier · 1936 · ★ 3.9 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives at a dismal place to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn. Affected by the Inn's brooding power, Mary is thwarted in her attention to… Shares: Romance

Rebecca Daphne du Maurier · 1938 · ★ 4.2 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Challenging With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper,… Shares: Romance

Charlotte's Web E. B. White · 1952 · ★ 4.4 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such… Shares: Community pick

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee · 1960 · ★ 4.3 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the United States. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South… Shares: Community pick

Black Beauty Anna Sewell · 1945 · ★ 4.3 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main characters perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). "Black Beauty". Merriam Websters Encyclopedia of Literature. The novel became an immediate best-seller,… Shares: Community pick

A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen · 1889 · ★ 3.8 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Translation of Doll's house, English translation of Norwegian original by William Archer. Shares: Community pick

Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1908 · ★ 4.3 Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Shares: Community pick

Thornyhold Mary Stewart · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When Gilly Ramsey, whose childhood has been one of lonely isolation, inherits an English country home steeped in magic, she discovers an intriguing, mysterious world, and a man who teaches her to love. Shares: Community pick

The house on the strand Daphne du Maurier · 1705 · ★ 3.9 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Die erste Auflage beträgt 5000 Exemplare Shares: Community pick

Faith Lori Copeland · 1998 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas… Shares: Women pioneers, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

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