Books like Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
12 books with a reading profile close to Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Captain's Daughter
history, narrative
The Captain's Daughter, set during Pugachev's Rebellion in 18th-century Russia, follows the young nobleman Pyotr Grinyov as he falls in love with Masha Mironova, the daughter of a fortress commander.
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A Tale of Two Cities
history, narrative
Set against the violent backdrop of the French Revolution, the narrative follows physician Alexandre Manette, his daughter Lucie, and the two men who love her: Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton.
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Small Island
by Andrea Levy
history, narrative
In 1948, Hortense Roberts arrives in London from Jamaica to join her husband, Gilbert Joseph, who fought for Britain in the war.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
history, narrative
The narrative follows the parallel trajectories of Uncle Tom, a devout Christian man sold away from his family in Kentucky, and Eliza, an enslaved mother who escapes across the Ohio River to save her son from the same f…
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The Jungle
history, narrative
The story follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Chicago’s Packingtown district expecting economic opportunity.
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Every Man Dies Alone
by Hans Fallada
history, narrative
Otto and Anna Quangel are ordinary Berliners who, after their son's death in the war, start leaving postcards that criticize Hitler in stairwells and offices.
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Germinal
by Émile Zola
history, narrative
Set in a coal-mining settlement in northern France during the 1860s, the narrative follows Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker who secures a job at the Voreux pit.
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Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
narrative, literary
This volume provides the complete shooting script for Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)
by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson
history, narrative
In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
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The Last of the Mohicans
history, narrative
Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
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An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
narrative, literary
Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising political star in London whose reputation rests on a foundation of absolute integrity.
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