18 books like Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities)

What to read after Novels (Great Expectations / Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities) — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Novels (A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations) Charles Dickens · 1989 · 835p · ≈ 27h · Moderate Tale of Two Cities After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of the two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil… Shares: Contemporary Fiction, Revolution, Fiction Classics, Classics

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: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction Classics, Classics

The slave of the lamp Hugh Stowell Scott · 1891 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "The Slave Of The Lamp" from Hugh Stowell Scott. English novelist wrote under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903). Shares: Paris, Classic Literature

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe · 1958 · ★ 3.9 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and is… Shares: Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, History

Billy Budd Herman Melville · 1900 · ★ 3.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him... All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life… Shares: Executions and executioners, Classics, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature

The ring and the book Robert Browning · 1868 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Browning's dramatic poem The Ring and the Book narrates the trial of a Roman for the death of his wife and her parents. He suspected his wife of having an affair with a cleric. The man appeals his sentence, though unsuccessfully. The poem is narrated by many different voices, each adding their version of events to the whole in a series of monologues. Shares: Executions and executioners, History

Judith Paris Hugh Walpole · 1931 · 782p · ≈ 26h · Challenging Covering the years 1771 to 1822 and set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole's most delightful heroine. Daughter of Francis Herries and Mirabell Starr, Judith was described on publication as "the most delightful of Walpole's heroines." As impetuous, impulsive and passionate as her father, she is… Shares: Paris, England, Social life and customs, History

The Ambassadors Henry James · 1903 · ★ 3.6 · 562p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Chad Newsome has gone to Paris. He is charmed by Old World fascinations and caught up in the leisurely craft and bohemian direction of European worldliness. An older woman of rank and adventurous but subtle skill, Madame de Vionnet, strokes his ego and does her best to keep Chad in Paris indefinitely. Chad's mother lives in Woollett, Mass., and wants her son to return to run the family business.… Shares: Paris, Classics, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature

In Kedar's tents Hugh Stowell Scott · 1897 · ★ 5.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging If it be a duty to respect other men's claims, so also is it a duty to maintain our own.' Shares: England, Classic Literature, History

Caitaani mũtharaba-inĩ Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 1980 · ★ 5.0 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's powerful fictional critique of capitalism. One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo was in prison. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by… Shares: Fiction Classics, Classics

Wind of the spirit J. M. Hochstetler · 2009 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Elizabeth Howard's assignment to gain crucial intelligence for General Washington leads her into the very maw of war at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, where disaster threatens to end the American rebellion. Yet her heart is fixed on Jonathan Carleton, whose whereabouts remain unknown more than a year after he disappeared into the wilderness. Carleton, now the Shawnee war chief White Eagle, is… Shares: Revolution, Historical Fiction, History

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: Fiction Classics, Drama, Historical Fiction, History

The Paradise Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Challenging American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed… Shares: England, Classic Literature

The cask Freeman Wills Crofts · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A strange container is found on the London docks, and its contents point to murder The cask from Paris is bigger than the rest, its sides reinforced to hold the extraordinary weight within. As the longshoremen are bringing it onto the London docks, the cask slips, cracks, and spills some of its treasure: a wealth of gold sovereigns. As the workmen cram the spilled gold into their pockets, an… Shares: Paris, Classics

The Last Hope Hugh Stowell Scott · 1904 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Last Hope Hugh Stowell Scott, english novelist wrote under the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman (1862-1903) This ebook presents «The Last Hope», from Hugh Stowell Scott. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- LE ROI EST MORT -03- VIVE LE ROI -04- THE RETURN OF THE LAST HOPE -05- THE MARQUIS'S CREED -06- ON THE… Shares: England, Classic Literature

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck · 1937 · ★ 3.9 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The second book in John Steinbeck’s labor trilogy, Of Mice and Men is a touching tale of two migrant laborers in search of work and eventual liberation from their social circumstances. Fiercely devoted to one another, George and Lennie plan to save up to finance their dream of someday owning a small piece of land. The pair seems unstoppable until tragedy strikes and their hopes come crashing… Shares: Contemporary Fiction, Classics, Drama, Historical Fiction

The Crucible Arthur Miller · 1953 · ★ 4.1 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. ---------- Also contained in: Arthur Miller's… Shares: Fiction Classics, Drama, Historical Fiction, History

The Portable James Joyce James Joyce · 1947 · 535p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Shares: Fiction Classics, Classics, Social life and customs Shares: Fiction Classics, Classics, Social life and customs

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