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O Rio Culpado Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Desafiador B..melodrama is perennial and the craving for it is perennial and must be satisfied' T. S. Eliot ('Wilkie Collins and Dickens') Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. The… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Mystery

O Despertar Kate Chopin · 1899 · ★ 3.7 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Desafiador The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that… Temas em comum: Adultery, Interpersonal relations, Psychology, Classic Literature

O Mestre de Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888 · ★ 3.7 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is one of Stevenson's darker, more political novels. Two brothers are brought into conflict by the Jacobite rising of 1745, which tears their family apart. Temas em comum: Inheritance and succession, Revenge, British and irish fiction

Mulheres Apaixonadas D. H. Lawrence · 1877 · ★ 3.7 · 508p · ≈ 16h · Desafiador Dark, but filled with bright genius, Women in Love is a prophetic masterpiece steeped in eroticism, filled with perceptions about sexual power and obsession that have proven to be timeless and true. Temas em comum: Social classes, Interpersonal relations, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

A Rainha de Copas Wilkie Collins · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Mystery

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett · 1910 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Desafiador 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.… Temas em comum: Fathers and sons, British and irish fiction

R. Holmes & Cia. John Kendrick Bangs · 1906 · ★ 3.4 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Desafiador The son of Sherlock Holmes (who also happens to also be the grandson of thief A. J. Raffles) decides to have his own adventures published. Upon selecting the man who will chronicle his life (much as Watson did for Holmes), we get the tale Raffles' astonishing origin, followed by an exciting series of adventures involving burglary, extortion, armed robbery, and more-with Raffles treading the fine… Temas em comum: Criminals, Mystery

Armadale Wilkie Collins · 1866 · ★ 4.0 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador Cuando el anciano Allan Armadale escribe su terrible confesión en el lecho de muerte, no puede ni imaginarse las repercusiones que tendrá esa carta cuando su hijo recién nacido la lea años después. Por segunda vez, dos hombres con el mismo nombre y el mismo apellido se verán implicados en la prosecución de una herencia que parece maldita. Mientras tanto, se suceden las sigilosas intrigas de Lydia… Temas em comum: Fathers and sons, British and irish fiction, Classic Literature, Mystery

Razão e Sensibilidade Jane Austen · 1811 · ★ 4.1 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador When Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of both practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy… Temas em comum: Inheritance and succession, Social classes, Classic Literature

Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

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