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Mrs. Dalloway

A single day in post-First World War London frames Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925. Clarissa Dalloway...

Classic Drama Modernist 20TH Century

9.35 Excellent

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Notes from Underground

Published in 1864, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground gives an unnamed narrator space to argue with society, ima...

Russian Philosophy 19TH Century Dostoevsky

9.20 Excellent

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Dune

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' remains a cornerstone of science fiction, lauded for its intricate world-building, complex charac...

Military Sci Fi Space Opera Classic

9.16 Excellent

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen's beloved novel follows the spirited Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the complexities of love, class, and...

Classic Character Driven 19TH Century Romance

9.16 Excellent

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Silas Marner

Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, published in 1861. Its central character is a s...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Redemption

8.47 Great

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The Red and the Black

Stendhal’s *The Red and the Black* explores the complex motivations of Julien Sorel, a young man navigating 19th-century...

Classic French 19TH Century Political

8.39 Great

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Fathers and Sons

Ivan Turgenev’s *Fathers and Sons* explores generational conflict within Russia's evolving social landscape during the 1...

Russian Classic 19TH Century Political

8.31 Great

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Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis’s *Babbitt* portrays George F. Babbitt, a suburban realtor in Zenith City, Illinois. The novel is notable...

Business Classic American Satire

8.28 Great

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The Charterhouse of Parma

Stendhal’s *The Charterhouse of Parma* chronicles the intertwined lives of individuals within the Carthusian monastery o...

Classic French 19TH Century Political

8.15 Great

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Main Street

Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street examines the stifling effects of conformity within a struggling Midwestern community. The n...

Classic American Satire Small Town

8.08 Great

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Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons’ *Cold Comfort Farm* (1932) offers a sharp satire of rural English life and melodramatic storytelling. Th...

Classic Satire English Rural

8.05 Great

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by English author Thomas Hardy, published in 189...

Classic 19TH Century English Tragic

7.97 Good

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is an 1831 historical novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in French as Notre-Dame de...

Classic French 19TH Century Hugo

7.86 Good

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The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables is a Gothic novel by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1851. It foll...

Classic 19TH Century Literary Gothic

7.86 Good

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Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's third published novel, released in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. It follows Fanny Price, a gir...

Classic Social 19TH Century Regency

7.75 Good

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Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda is George Eliot's final completed novel, published in 1876. The narrative intertwines two storylines: the...

Classic Social 19TH Century Victorian

7.62 Good

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Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a novel by Jane Austen that was published posthumously in 1817. The story follows Catherine Morland,...

Classic 19TH Century Gothic Regency

7.43 Good

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The Color of Magic

"The Color of Magic" is a British comic fantasy novel written by Terry Pratchett and published in 1983. As the inaugural...

Fantasy Classic Satire 20TH Century

7.18 Good

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Crome Yellow

Crome Yellow is Aldous Huxley's debut novel, published in 1921, and a satire of the English country-house novel. Set dur...

Classic Satire Modernist English

6.98 Fair

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in book form in 185...

Classic American 19TH Century Slavery

6.83 Fair