18 books like Far away and long ago

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Autobiography Charles Darwin · 1957 · 253p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Darwin wrote the book, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, for his family. He still stands as the leading figure of that revolution in scientific thought which followed the publication of the Origin of Species in the middle of the 19th century, a revolution soon involving all realms of knowledge. But posterity must continually reassess the past,… Shares: Naturalistes, Naturalists, Science, Biography & Memoir

Stand before your God Paul Watkins · 1993 · ★ 4.1 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Watkins re-creates the joy and pain of growing up as he recalls his own experiences at two of Britain's greatest boarding schools, Dragon and Eton. Shares: English Novelists, Childhood and youth, Homes and haunts, Biography & Memoir

Our Old Home Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1863 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Our Old Home, a series of English sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This volume of charming sketches was published in 1863, and (in the words of the author) presents “a few of the external aspects of English scenery and life, especially those that are touched with the antique charm to which our countrymen are more susceptible than are the people among whom it is of native growth.” Shares: Homes and haunts, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs

Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin · 1839 · ★ 4.0 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain… Shares: Naturalistes, Naturalists, Description and travel, Travel

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou · 1969 · ★ 4.4 · 281p · ≈ 9h · Moderate She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As little children they were sent to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their early world revolved around this remarkable woman and the Store she ran for the black community. White people were more than strangers - they were from another planet. And yet, even unseen they ruled. The Store was a microcosm… Shares: Childhood and youth, Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Social life and customs

Tales of lonely trails Zane Grey · 1922 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Nonnezoshe. - - Colorado trails. - - Roping lions in the Grand Canyon. - - Tonto basin. - - Death valley. Shares: Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Description and travel, Travel

Passages from the American note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1860 · ★ 4.0 · 460p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The American Notebooks follows chronological order, tracing Hawthorne's development over a period of eighteen years. The individual entries, however, are quite random in their makeup and contain adages, animal folklore, and biblical references that captivated Hawthorne. Observations of people whom he saw in the streets of nineteenth century Salem, Boston, and North Adams, Massachusetts, are mixed… Shares: Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Description and travel, Travel

Here Lies Eric Ambler · 1985 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Winner of the Edgar Award, Eric Ambler’s autobiography Here Lies is an intriguing look inside the mind of one of our greatest thriller writers. Here the famously recalcitrant Ambler peels back the layers of experience that affected his life with the same skill he uses to unfold the plots of his novels. His South London childhood; his brief engineering career, which he gave up to work in theater;… Shares: English Novelists, English Authors, Biography & Memoir

Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell · 1776 · ★ 3.8 · 567p · ≈ 18h · Demanding Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer. Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the… Shares: Intellectual life, English Authors, Description and travel, Travel

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, British, Description and travel, Travel

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, Social life and customs

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, Social life and customs

Experiment in autobiography H. G. Wells · 1934 · 718p · ≈ 23h · Challenging En un momento de desgaste personal y abierto escepticismo, H.G. Wells, uno de los escritores más importantes de la literatura occidental, realizó el relato de su vida hasta 1934, fecha de publicación de este Experimento en autobiografía. En una primera parte, el autor de La máquina del tiempo o La guerra de los mundos, repasa su niñez, la vida familiar y una embrollada educación, el periplo como… Shares: English Novelists, English Authors, Biography & Memoir

Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens · 1846 · ★ 3.5 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Challenging From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit them, in fancy, the more agreeably, and with a better understanding of what they are to expect. Many books have been written upon Italy, affording many means of studying the history of… Shares: English Novelists, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs

The life and letters of Charles Darwin Charles Darwin · 1887 · 575p · ≈ 19h · Challenging The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a book published in 1887 edited by Francis Darwin about his father Charles Darwin. It contains a selection of 87 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin , an autobiographical chapter written by Charles Darwin for his family, and an essay by Thomas Huxley "On the reception of the 'Origin of Species'". Shares: Naturalists, Science, Biography & Memoir

Boy Roald Dahl · 1984 · ★ 4.1 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Boy is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book Going… Shares: Childhood and youth, English Authors, Travel, Social life and customs

Roughing It Mark Twain · 1872 · ★ 3.9 · 369p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known as "Mark Twain," left Missouri in 1861 to work with his brother, the newly appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Once settled in Nevada, Clemens fell victim to gold fever and went to the Humboldt mines. When prospecting lost its attractions, Clemens found work as a reporter in Virginia City. In 1864, Clemens moved to California and worked… Shares: Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Description and travel, Travel

William Makepeace Thackeray Library Pearson, Richard · 2016 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate First published in 1996, The William Makepeace Thackeray Library is a collection of works written by and about the novelist. William Makepeace Thackeray spent part of virtually every year of his writing life in Paris and he wrote continually on France and French culture. This volume contains a selection of Thackeray’s travel writing, the majority of which centres around his time spent in France,… Shares: English Novelists, British, Description and travel, Travel

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