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Loved Typee by Herman Melville? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from romance, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Mademoiselle de Maupin
Une des choses les plus burlesques de la glorieuse epoque ou nous avons le bonheur de vivre est incontestablement la rehabilitation de la vertu entreprise par tous les journaux, de quelque couleur qu'
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Sybil, or, The Two Nations
Benjamin Disraeli was a remarkable historical figure. Born into a Jewish family, he converted to Anglican Christianity as a child. He is now almost certainly most famous for his political career. Beco
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Age of chivalry; or, King Arthur and his knights
Annotated, hyperlinked edition of Bulfinch's Legends of King Arthur.
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The three clerks
Set in the 1850s, The Three Clerks exposes and probes the relationships between three clerks and the three sisters who became their wives. At the same time it satirizes the Civil Service examinations
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Framley Parsonage
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 4: Framley Parsonage When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his f
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Ragged Dick
"Ragged Dick" was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evide
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gen
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Rose in Bloom
In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them.
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The Return of the Native
The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one wom
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I promessi sposi
Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desire