Books like A Room with a View
12 books with a reading profile close to A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Corelli’s Mandolin
romance, narrative
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the narrative follows Pelagia, the strong-willed daughter of a local physician, and Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer in the occupying Italian army.
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North and South
romance, narrative
Margaret Hale, a clergyman’s daughter, is uprooted from the genteel landscapes of southern England when her father moves the family to the industrial northern town of Milton.
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3
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
romance, narrative
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain records her family’s life within a decaying English castle during the 1930s.
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4
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
romance, narrative
Set in rural England during the Napoleonic era, the narrative centers on the Bennet family and their five unmarried daughters.
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5
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
romance, narrative
The narrative follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they face sudden financial ruin and the loss of their family estate due to inheritance laws.
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6
Desayuno en Tiffany's
romance, narrative
Set in wartime Manhattan, the story follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
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The Price of Salt
romance, narrative
Therese Belivet is a nineteen-year-old stage designer working a temporary retail job at Frankenberg’s department store in Manhattan.
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The Price of Salt
romance, narrative
Therese Belivet works as a temporary shop assistant in a Manhattan department store when she meets Carol Aird, an elegant suburban mother purchasing a doll for her daughter.
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9
Jane Eyre
romance, narrative
Jane Eyre follows the life of an orphaned girl who survives a neglectful upbringing at Gateshead Hall and the harsh conditions of Lowood Institution.
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10
By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
narrative, literary
This novel follows two women separated by centuries who both navigate the constraints placed on female authorship.
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11
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
narrative, literary
Alessandra Cecchi is the daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant in fifteenth-century Florence, a city transitioning from the height of humanist art to the religious fervor of the monk Savonarola.
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The Age of Innocence
romance, narrative
Newland Archer, a young gentleman integrated into the rigid social hierarchy of 1870s New York, prepares for a safe marriage to the conventional May Welland.
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