18 books like Fables

What to read after Fables — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers Jules Verne · 1870 · ★ 3.9 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Challenging A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century. Shares: Translations from French, French language, Adaptations

Elaine Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1867 · 81p · ≈ 2h · Challenging 'The Lady of Shalott' is a lyrical ballad by the 19th-century English poet Alfred Tennyson. Inspired by the short prose text 'La Damigella di Scalot' from the 13th-century, it tells the tragic story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman stranded in a tower up the river from Camelot. It is one of Tennyson's most famous and memorable works, with its lucid medieval romanticism, as well as… Shares: Illustrations, Adaptations

La tulipe noire Alexandre Dumas · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, with its canals like large mirrors, in which its steeples and its almost Eastern cupolas are reflected, - the city of the Hague, the capital of the Seven United Provinces, was swelling… Shares: French language materials, French language

Æsop's fables Aesop · 1502 · 155p · ≈ 5h · Demanding WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have… Shares: Fables, Adaptations, Short Stories

Paul et Virginie Bernardin de Saint-Pierre · 1789 · ★ 3.7 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Paul and Virginia, two fatherless children are brought up in poverty and innocence, amid the tropical scenery of the island of Mauritius. Virginia is recalled to France by a harsh and wealthy aunt. There she is miserable, and after two years returns to the island. But her ship is wrecked and she is drowned before the eyes of Paul. Shares: Translations from French, French language

Poems of rural life William Barnes · 1844 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Beautiful poems in the Dorset dialect. Quite comprehensible but containing a number of words which might not be understood outside Dorset. Barnes inspired Thomas Hardy to a large extent. Shares: Dialects, Poetry

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1821 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman… Shares: Translations from French, French language

L'Île mystérieuse Jules Verne · 1870 · ★ 4.3 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging This sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" doesn't advertise itself as such. Most of the book concerns the efforts of a group of hot-air balloon castaways in the south Pacific ocean attempting to use modern knowledge in order to survive in near-desert-island conditions. "Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe, 1719) started a trend of survival tales that lasts in some respects to this day and "Island"… Shares: Translations from French, French language materials

King Arthur Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1848 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's poetic world moves from the alleys of London to Alpine passes, from private grief to public destiny, binding social satire, romance, and historical meditation into a single sweeping vision. In The New Timon, the grandeur of the city is set against the enduring misery of the poor, while Lucy's story reveals the hidden dignity of a homeless girl shaped by shame, maternal… Shares: Adaptations, Poetry

Nouvelles orientales Marguerite Yourcenar · 1938 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Avec ces Nouvelles, écrites au cours des dix années qui ont précédé la guerre, la tentation de l’Orient est clairement avouée dans le décor, dans le style, dans l’esprit des textes. De la Chine à la Grèce, des Balkans au Japon, ces contes accompagnent le voyageur comme autant de clés pour une seule musique, venue d’ailleurs. Les surprenants sortilèges du peintre Wang-Fô, qui "aimait l’image des… Shares: French language materials, Short Stories

Les lettres de mon moulin Alphonse Daudet · 1869 · ★ 3.5 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Célèbres histoires de Provence, pour enfants de tous les âges. Shares: French language materials, French language

Alcools Guillaume Apollinaire · 1920 · ★ 3.8 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A la fin tu es las de ce monde ancien Bergere o tour Eiffel le troupeau des ponts bele ce matin Tu en as assez de vivre dans l'antiquite grecque et romaine Ici meme les automobiles ont l'air d'etre anciennes La religion seule est restee toute neuve la religion Est restee simple comme les hangars de Port-Aviation Seul en Europe tu n'es pas antique o Christianisme L'Europeen le plus moderne… Shares: Translations from French, Poetry

Manon Lescaut Abbé Prévost · 1734 · ★ 3.3 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Set in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's… Shares: French language materials, French language

Maigret et le clochard Georges Simenon · 1963 · ★ 3.7 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A vagrant living under a bridge is assaulted at night, knocked hard enough to fracture his skull, and thrown into the River Seine. Two bargemen from barges moored nearby fish him out of the cold water before he drowns and he ends up in the hospital in a coma. Chief Superintendent Maigret is called to the scene. One of the bargemen, whose boat is moored near the ramp coming down the embankment,… Shares: French language materials, French language

Aminta, favola boschereccia Torquato Tasso · 1590 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Shares: Dialects, Poetry

Idylls of the King Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Idylls are a series of twelve long blank verse poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, telling the tale of Arthur and his round table. While some of them are stories of adventure and daring of the kind you’d expect from an Arthurian epic, many take on a darker tone, relating how Arthur was betrayed and how his kingdom grew decadent and eventually fell.The poems stand on their own as carefully… Shares: Illustrations, Adaptations, Poetry

The lay of the last minstrel Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print.… Shares: Adaptations, Poetry

Prospectus and specimen of an intended national work John Hookham Frere · 1817 · 61p · ≈ 2h · 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: Adaptations, Poetry

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