Books like 1984 and Animal Farm
12 books with a reading profile close to 1984 and Animal Farm by Rafael Arrais, George Orwell. Deep and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Antigone
by Jean Anouilh
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Jean Anouilh's play, first staged in occupied Paris in 1944, retells Sophocles.
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Il visconte dimezzato
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
During a war against the Turks in Bohemia, a young nobleman, Viscount Medardo of Terralba, is split down the middle by a cannonball.
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3
Die Physiker
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
The play takes place within the Les Cerisiers sanatorium, where three physicists reside as patients under the care of Dr.
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Island
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
The story follows Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who shipwrecks on the forbidden Pacific island of Pala.
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Resurrection
by Leo Tolstoy
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov serves as a juror in a murder trial, only to recognize the defendant as Maslova, a woman he seduced and abandoned years earlier.
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Oscar Wilde's Plays, Prose Writings, and Poems
by Oscar Wilde, H Pearson
philosophy, literary
This volume assembles the primary literary output of the Victorian era’s most notable wit, including the full text of "The Importance of Being Earnest" alongside "Lady Windermere’s Fan." The collection balances Wilde’s…
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7
Measure for Measure
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Duke Vincentio departs Vienna under a pretext of travel, leaving the puritanical Angelo to enforce long-ignored moral laws.
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8
Sesame and lilies
by John Ruskin
Also deep · philosophy, literary
John Ruskin centers this collection of lectures on the distinct social responsibilities of men and women within Victorian society.
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No Exit
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Set in a single room furnished with Second Empire sofas, the play follows three deceased individuals—Garcin, Inès, and Estelle—as they realize they are their own torturers.
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The Wall
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Sartre's collection takes its name from the title story, set during the Spanish Civil War.
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11
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
by Victor Hugo
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Focused on the final six weeks of a prisoner awaiting execution in nineteenth-century France, Victor Hugo’s novel follows an unnamed protagonist from his trial at the Bicêtre Hospital to the guillotine at Place de Grève.
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Fathers and Sons
Also deep and thought-provoking · philosophy, literary
Arkady Kirsanov returns from university to his father's estate in 1859, bringing his friend Yevgeny Bazarov, a medical student and self-declared nihilist who rejects authority, art, and tradition.
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