18 books like Orley Farm

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Mr. Scarborough's Family Anthony Trollope · 1883 · 643p · ≈ 21h · Demanding It will be necessary, for the purpose of my story, that I shall go back more than once from the point at which it begins, so that I may explain with the least amount of awkwardness the things as they occurred, which led up to the incidents that I am about to tell; and I may as well say that these first four chapters of the book - though they may be thought to be the most interesting of them all… Shares Inheritance and succession, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England

The Ravenscar Dynasty Barbara Taylor Bradford · 1867 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Devastated by the deaths of three family members in a suspicious fire, young Edward Deravenel battles his cousin for control of a business empire that was usurped from his branch of the family sixty years earlier. Shares Inheritance and succession, Domestic fiction, Great Britain, England

The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray · 1853 · ★ 3.7 · 801p · ≈ 26h · Demanding The Newcomes is Thackeray's most essentially 'Victorian' novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the moral convolutions of the age, and encyclopaedic in its reference. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a 'most respectable' extended middle-class family. The action… Shares Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

Amelia Henry Fielding · 1751 · 594p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Against her mother's wishes, Amelia marries Captain William Booth, a young army officer, and runs away to London. William is unjustly imprisoned in Newgate, and is subsequently seduced by Miss Matthews. Amelia stays faithful to her husband and forgives his transgression, but William soon draws them into trouble again as he accrues gambling debts trying to lift the couple out of poverty. Shares Manners and customs, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England

Ruth (volume II) Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1853 · ★ 4.5 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Ruth Volume 2 By Elizabeth Gaskell A sensitive portrayal of relationships within small towns and an exploration of seduction and illegitimacy within a small Dissenting community where tolerance and rigid morality clash. Shares Mothers and sons, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England

The small house at Allington Anthony Trollope · 1864 · ★ 4.1 · 598p · ≈ 19h · Challenging *The Chronicles of Barsetshire*, Book 5: *The Small House at Allington* *The Small House at Allington* introduces Trollope's most charming heroine, the betwitching Lily Dale, onto the Barsetshire scene. She so endeared herself to readers of the Cornhill Magazine, where A Small House was first published in serial form, that Trollope was bombarded by letters begging him to marry her to her… Shares Manners and customs, Domestic fiction, Great Britain, British and irish fiction

Cousin Henry Anthony Trollope · 1879 · ★ 3.6 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Challenging When the Squire of Llanfeare dies, his nephew Henry inherits the estate. Rumours are rife that the Squire had named his niece Isabel as his heir, and that Henry is an impostor. Mr Apjohn, the family lawyer, takes it upon himself to investigate. Shares Inheritance and succession, Manners and customs, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction

The peppered moth Margaret Drabble · 2000 · ★ 3.3 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "It is 1912 and Bessie Bawtry is a small child living in Breaseborough, a South Yorkshire mining town. Unusually gifted, she sits quietly and studies hard, waiting for the day when she can sit the Cambridge entrance exam and escape the kind of life her ancestors have never even thought to question. Her parents are in awe of her - who is this swan-child, is she a freak? (Where did she get her… Shares Manners and customs, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs

The Weaver's Inheritance

The Weaver's Inheritance Kate Sedley · 2001 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Roger the Chapman series #8 Chapman 08 - The long-lost son of a wealthy weaver, thought murdered six years before, has reappeared, to the joy of the old man but to the indignation of Alison Burnett, who refuses to believe the stranger is her brother. When she is disinherited she appeals to Roger the Chapman to prove her suspicions right. Shares Inheritance and succession, England, Social life and customs

The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope · 1867 · ★ 4.2 · 648p · ≈ 21h · Demanding *The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 6: The Last Chronicle of Barset* Shares Manners and customs, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England

Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The children were at the Theatre, acting to Three Cows as much as they could remember of Midsummer Night's Dream. Their father had made them a small play out of the big Shakespeare one, and they had rehearsed it with him and with their mother till they could say it by heart. They began when Nick Bottom the weaver comes out of the bushes with a donkey's head on his shoulders, and finds Titania, … Shares Great Britain, British and irish fiction, England

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett · 1910 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England follows Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business and falls in love. Bennett wrote it in 1910 at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton, and in Lausanne. Edwin Clayhanger's father, Darius, has risen from an extremely poor background, which Bennett repeatedly returns to, to become a prominent printer in Bursley.… Shares British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë · 1847 · ★ 4.0 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging **Librarian note: Alternate cover editions for this ISBN are: "Woman in white dress" (with the title on white and black background), "Woman at the easel" on a black and blue background, and "Furniture, easel and window".** ***Anne Brontë's second novel is a passionate and courageous challenge to the conventions supposedly upheld by Victorian society and reflected in circulating-library… Shares Manners and customs, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England

No Thoroughfare Charles Dickens · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares Manners and customs, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs with this book.

A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) Josephine Tey · 1936 · ★ 3.9 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives arise. (cc. Edmonton Public Library website.) Shares Great Britain, England

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.5 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding Shares Manners and customs, Social life and customs with this book.

All's Fair in Love and Law Alan Hammond · 2011 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors' firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This heart-warming collection of stories revolves around the lives, relationships, triumphs and failures of the good people of Hockam and of the lawyers to whom they look for help. We meet the lonely dentist and his noisy… Shares Manners and customs, England, Social life and customs

The Rainbow D. H. Lawrence · 1915 · ★ 3.7 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate (Brangwen Family #1) Lush with imagery, this is the story of three generations of Brangwen women living during the decline of English rural life. Banned upon publication, it explores the most taboo subjects of its time: marriage, physical love, and one family's sexual mores. Shares Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs

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