18 books like The snow-image, and other tales

What to read after The snow-image, and other tales — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Heidenmauer (The heathens' wall); or the Benedictines James Fenimore Cooper · 1832 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines – A Story of the Rhine is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1832. The novel is a socio-political novel set in 16th century Bavaria that focuses on the competition between various socio-political classes and the tension caused by the Reformation.The Heidenmauer is Cooper's second novel in what one critic would call his European Trilogy,… Shares: Yellowback books, Historical Fiction

Fanshawe Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1828 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Published anonymously at his own expense in 1828, Hawthorne's first novel is an engrossing apprentice work. Shares: American Historical fiction, Social life and customs

Twice-Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection first published in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. Contains: The Gray Champion Sunday At Home The Wedding Knell The Minister's Black Veil The Maypole of Merry Mount The Gentle Boy Mr Higginbotham's Catastrophe Little Annie's Ramble Wakefield A Rill From the… Shares: American Historical fiction, New england, Social life and customs, Historical Fiction

The Story of a Mine Bret Harte · 1877 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging A delightful western tale by Bret Harte. Two sets of men make conflicting claims to a single bit of mountain, and alternately one claim and then another prevails -- until the claims reach Washington, and everybody knows the buck stops there. Shares: Yellowback books, Social life and customs

La fête du mais Thomas Tryon · 1969 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place was straight out of a bygone era, with well-cared-for Colonial houses, a white-steepled church fronting a broad Common. Ned and Beth Constantine chanced upon the hamlet and immediately fell in love with it. This was exactly the haven they dream of. Or so they thought. For Ned and his family,… Shares: New england, Social life and customs

New-England tale Catharine Maria Sedgwick · 1822 · ★ 3.2 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Early American Women Writers series offers rare works of fiction by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women, each reprinted in its entirety, each with a foreword by General Editor Cathy N. Davidson, who places the novel in a historical and literary perspective. Written in 1822, A New-England Tale is the first of the many novels, tales, and short magazine pieces Catharine Sedgwick published… Shares: New england, Social life and customs

Dragon Seed (Progress English) Pearl S. Buck · 1941 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Dragon Seed is a fictional novel which describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing, China immediately prior to and during the Japanese invasion in 1937. Shares: American Historical fiction, Historical Fiction

Selected Tales and Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1900 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares: American Historical fiction, Social life and customs, Historical Fiction Shares: American Historical fiction, Social life and customs, Historical Fiction

The Two Admirals: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1842 · 588p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Describing first obscure English law and then a number of characters who will ultimately prove only secondary to the plot. Shares: Yellowback books, Historical Fiction

The Fort Henry saga Zane Grey · 2000 · 552p · ≈ 18h · Moderate 300 p. : 22 cm Shares: American Historical fiction, Historical Fiction

Home as found James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · ★ 5.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Challenging "No society, dear!--Why you were at the Henderson's, and the Morgan's, and the Drewett's; three of the greatest _réunions_ that we have had in two winters!"' "I did not know that you meant those unpleasant crowds, by society". "Unpleasant crowds! Why, child, that is society, is it not?' "Not what I have been taught to consider such; I rather think it would be better to call it company". "And is… Shares: Historical Fiction

The Border Empire Ralph Compton · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance... Shares: Historical Fiction

Betty Zane Zane Grey · 1903 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging I found this book one of Mr. Grey's finer writings, perhaps due to his emotional and familial attachment to the subject. The feel of the time is very real and still written with contemporary digestability. Not to be overlooked by fans of Zane Grey or historical novels. From Wikipedia: Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (July 19, 1759 – August 23, 1823) was an alleged heroine of the… Shares: American Historical fiction, Historical Fiction

The Minister's Wooing Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1800 · 427p · ≈ 14h · Challenging From the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a domestic comedy that examines slavery, Protestant theology, and gender differences in early America.First published in 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe's third novel is set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Mary Scudder lives in a modest farmhouse with her widowed mother… Shares: New england, Social life and customs

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 4.2 · 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 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 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: American, Historical Fiction

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