18 books like Sartor resartus

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Les confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782 · ★ 3.6 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Philosophers, Philosophy

Forster Malcolm Bradbury · 1966 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate E.M. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian society   Visiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Twilight in Italy D. H. Lawrence · 1916 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In these impressions of the Italian countryside, Lawrence transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty. "Twilight in Italy" is a vibrant account of Lawrence's stay among the people of Lake Garda, whose decaying lemon gardens bear witness to the twilight of a way of life centuries old. Shares: Germany, Description and travel, Social life and customs

Spinning-wheel stories Louisa May Alcott · 1884 · ★ 3.7 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A collection of twelve heart warming stories for children. Premise: a winter storm forces a family, who have gathered for the winter holidays, to stay inside and listen to their grandmothers stories. Shares: Children, Conduct of life

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, Social life and customs

The portable Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche · 1954 · ★ 4.2 · 692p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Selections from the books, notes, and letters of this 19th century philosopher. Shares: Critique et interprétation, Philosophy

Memorabilia Xenophon · 1650 · ★ 4.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Demanding The Memorabilia Xenophon - An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a complement to the study of Plato's dialogues. The longest of Xenophon's four… Shares: Philosophers, Philosophy

Wheel of fire: essays in interpretation of Shakespeare's sombre tragedies G. Wilson Knight · 1930 · ★ 3.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Reisebilder Heinrich Heine · 1830 · ★ 3.5 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Die in diesem Band enthaltenen Texte der Reisebilder des Dichters Heinrich Heine werden in diesem Buch mit vielen passenden Bildern neu aufgelegt. Seine Wanderung von Göttingen in den Harz und auf den Brocken sowie seine Reise über die Alpen nach Italien werden ausführlich geschildert. Außerdem äußert sich Heine eingehend über die Engländer und die Polen. Rezension zur maritimen gelben Reihe: Ich… Shares: Germany, Description and travel

The Story of Philosophy Will Durant · 1926 · ★ 4.2 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Includes chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, and Nietzsche. Shares: Philosophers, Philosophy

Le rouge et le noir Stendhal · 1830 · ★ 3.9 · 514p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The story of an ambitious youth without birth or fortune in France in the 19th century. Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation, Social life and customs

Euripides Erich Segal · 1968 · ★ 3.8 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate TABLE OF CONTENTS: Euripides’ theater of ideas / William arrowsmith -- Euripides and the gods / G. M. A. Grube -- The virtues of Admetus / Anne Pippin Burnett -- On Euripides’ Medea / Eilhard Schlesinger -- The Hippolytus of Euripides / Bernard M. W. Knox -- Watching the Trojan women / Eric A. Havelock -- Why the Trojan women? / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Orestes / Christian Wolff -- Tragedy and… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Great Expectations Charles Dickens · 1861 · ★ 3.8 · 546p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a bildungsroman; a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Conduct of life, Description and travel

Autobiography John Stuart Mill · 1873 · ★ 4.0 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Challenging John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy Shares: Philosophers, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842 Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun · 1835 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Madame Lebrun brought out her Memoirs at the suggestion of her friend, the Princess Dolgoruki. in 1835. The authoress was bom in 1756, at Paris, where she died in 1842. She was the daughter of Louis Vig6e, an obscure portrait painter. Her baptismal name was Marie Louise Elisabeth. In 1776 Mademoiselle Vig6e was married to Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun, a notable picture dealer and critic, known… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Description and travel

Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot Kristian Smidt · 1949 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This title, first published in 1961, explores the general background of attitudes, beliefs and ideas from which Eliot’s works have originated. This study examines the influences of Eliot’s work, and includes Eliot’s personal views as told to the author. The book also looks at technique, structure and imagery of his poetry. This title will be of interest to students of literature. Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy

Les lettres de mon moulin Alphonse Daudet · 1869 · ★ 3.5 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Célèbres histoires de Provence, pour enfants de tous les âges. Shares: Critique et interprétation, Social life and customs

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