18 books like Girl with a Pearl Earring

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A strange disappearance Anna Katharine Green · 1879 · ★ 3.5 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Mr. Gryce leads his young police detective protégé to face his first nemesis. A young girl who is more than she appears has gone missing from a local household. Even for the rising young police detective, who was universally acknowledged by the force as the most astute man for mysterious and unprecedented cases, this mystery is complex - it seems everyone has something to hide, and the detectives… Shares Women domestics, Women household employees

Lucy. Roman Jamaica Kincaid · 1990 · ★ 4.5 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Women domestics, Women household employees with this book.

Le journal d'une femme de chambre Luis Buñuel · 1900 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Mon cher ami, en tete de ces pages, j'ai voulu, pour deux raisons tres fortes et tres precises, inscrire votre nom. D'abord, pour que vous sachiez combien votre nom m'est cher. Ensuite, -je le dis avec un tranquille orgueil, -parce que vous aimerez ce livre. Et ce livre, malgre tous ses defauts, vous l'aimerez, parce que c'est un livre sans hypocrisie, parce que c'est de la vie, et de la vie… Shares Women household employees, Social life and customs

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Historical Fiction with this book.

Mary Reilly Valerie Martin · 1990 · ★ 3.7 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This retelling of the enigmatic Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde tale deserves praise for suspense, character creation, and historical verisimilitude. Mary Reilly, a loyal, trusted servant in the household of Dr. Jekyll records in her diary the mysterious circumstances which lead to her Master's tragic fate. The hierarchy of social classes, relationships among servants and domestics, and details of language… Shares Women domestics, Women household employees

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 5.0 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares Historical Fiction

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares Historical Fiction

A Bitter Cut

A Bitter Cut Anna Lee Huber · 2026 Lady Kiera Darby plans to spend the summer reconnecting with friends and family in anticipation of the betrothal of her beloved brother. But when a future in-law is implicated in a murder, the party takes a deadly turn. . . .July 1833. Lady Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, are settling into their newly renovated home at Bevington Park in Warkwickshire with their young daughter. With… Shares Historical Fiction

The Nonesuch Georgette Heyer · 1962 · ★ 4.1 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate At the age of five-and-thirty, Sir Waldo Hawkridge, wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as the nonesuch for his athletic prowess, and when he comes north to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications. When they learned that Sir Waldo Hawkridge was coming, the village gentry were thrown into a… Shares Social life and customs, Historical Fiction

Condensed novels Bret Harte · 1867 · ★ 3.6 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.

On the Frontier Bret Harte · 1884 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.

The story of California Stewart Edward White · 1927 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Social life and customs with this book.

Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1946 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Social life and customs with this book.

Annette, the Metis Spy Joseph Edmund Collins · 1886 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Historical Fiction with this book.

A history of New York Washington Irving · 1800 · ★ 3.7 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Challenging A history of New York : from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty ; containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong ; the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam ; being the only authentic history of the times that ever… Shares Social life and customs, Historical Fiction

The Duchess Disappeared Barbara Cartland · 1979 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Where have you been, Miss Windham?" The Duke of Strathrannock spoke so harshly that Fiona was startled. "I have...." she began feebly. "Do not bother to lie!" he said furiously. "Have you had enough lovemaking tonight or are you looking for more?" To her astonishment, he pulled her roughly into his arms, and kissed her with lips hard and possessive. "I must struggle. I must free… Shares Social life and customs

Frontier Stories Bret Harte · 1887 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.

Van Bibber and Others Richard Harding Davis · 1892 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares Social life and customs with this book.

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