18 books like Letters to Alice On First Reading Jane A

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Dark Tides

Dark Tides Philippa Gregory · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tidelands returns with an “sweeping” (Parade) historical novel tracking the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England.Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy nobleman seeking the lover he deserted twenty-one years earlier. Now James Avery has… Shares English literature, Romance

Murder in the Bookshop

Murder in the Bookshop Anita Davison · 2023 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares English literature, Romance with this book.

Women's Life Writing And Imagined Communities Cynthia Huff · 2004 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Women's life writings provide an incomparable window into the various cultural and historical communities in which we live. This book presents a unique view of this great legacy by critically examining how these writings both reflect and shape our communities. It draws on a wealth of material such as novels, memoirs, autobiographies, letters, religious records and many other sources, from many… Shares Women and literature, Women, History and criticism, Literature

Among my books James Russell Lowell · 1870 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A book of essays by American poet and writer James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). There are six essays: - Dryden - Witchcraft - Shakespeare Once More - New England Two Centuries Ago - Lessing - Rousseau and the Sentimentalists Shares Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, English literature, Literature

Curiosities of literature

Curiosities of literature Isaac Disraeli · 1793 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares History and criticism, English literature, Literature with this book.

Room of Ones Own Three Guineas Virginia Woolf · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. Three Guineas was published almost a decade later and breaks new ground in its discussion of… Shares Women and literature, Women, English literature, Literature

Essays Matthew Arnold · 1865 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Amor and Psyche Erich Neumann · 1956 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Criticism and interpretation, Women, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

George Bernard Shaw Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "Most people either say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him." -- G. K. C. Shares Criticism and interpretation, Literature

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau Kristin Harmel INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who “is the best there is at sweeping historical drama” (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for… Shares Romance

The Sunflower House

The Sunflower House Adriana Allegri The beloved international bestseller!Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid's Tale—during World War II.In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it's 1939, Adolf Hitler… Shares Romance

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick

The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick Ariel Lawhon NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history."Fans of… Shares Romance

Pacific Glory

Pacific Glory P. T. Deutermann A thrilling, multi-layered World War II adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war Marsh, Mick, and Tommy were inseparable friends during their naval academy years, each man desperately in love with the beautiful, unattainable Glory Hawthorne. Graduation set them on separate paths into the military, but they… Shares Romance

Daughters of the Sun and Moon

Daughters of the Sun and Moon Lisa See · ★ 4.2 An instant New York Times bestseller!From beloved bestselling author Lisa See, the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post–Civil War Los Angeles. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles. Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing… Shares Romance

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight Marion Todd · 2020 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A child's life is at stake. Which of the residents of St Andrews is hiding something and why? When a baby girl is snatched from the crowd of spectators at a fun run, the local police have a major investigation on their hands. DI Clare Mackay and her team are in a race against the clock when they learn that the child has a potentially fatal medical condition. As Clare investigates she realises… Shares English literature

A Far-flung Life

A Far-flung Life M.L. Stedman From the mega bestselling and acclaimed author of The Light Between Oceans, a global phenomenon, comes a magnificent and spectacularly moving new novel about family secrets that must never be revealed, and what the heart can endure for the sake of love.When we do something that can’t be undone or mended, how do we go on living? How do we find our north star when there is no right answer? These… Shares Romance

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers • A New York Times “Readers’ Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century” PickFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotelIn 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a… Shares Romance

The Scottish Prisoner

The Scottish Prisoner Diana Gabaldon “This could be the worthy Lord John Grey’s breakout novel, as readers are treated to large dollops of Outlander hero Jamie Fraser.”—Booklist   A captivating return to the world Diana Gabaldon created in her Outlander and Lord John series, The Scottish Prisoner is a masterpiece of epic history, wicked deceit, and scores that can only be settled in blood.   London, 1760. For Jamie Fraser,… Shares Romance

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