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12 books with a reading profile close to Burmese Days by George Orwell. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

by Lazarillo de Tormes

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Lázaro narrates his own life from the poorest start.
2

Eugénie Grandet

by Honoré de Balzac, Christopher Prendergast

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the provincial town of Saumur, this novel documents the domestic tyranny of Felix Grandet, a former cooper who has amassed a secret fortune through obsessive land speculation and hoarding.
3

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

by George Orwell

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Gordon Comstock, a young London poet, has quit a good advertising job because he despises the worship of money.
4

Lady Windermere's Fan

by Oscar Wilde

literary, classic literature

Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious newcomer named Mrs.
5

Three Sunsets and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

literary, classic literature

Published posthumously in 1898, this collection gathers Lewis Carroll's serious and romantic verse, moving away from the nonsense rhyme found in his famous novels.
6

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

by Henry Fielding, Alice Wakely

literary, classic literature

Squire Allworthy discovers an infant, Tom Jones, in his bed and decides to raise the foundling alongside his nephew, the spiteful Master Blifil.
7

MAIN STREET

by Sinclair Lewis

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Carol Kennicott moves from the city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, seeking to introduce aesthetic beauty and intellectual vibrancy to the provincial town.
8

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Tony Last is a gentle English country gentleman who lives at Hetton Abbey, a Gothic mansion he loves, with his wife Brenda and young son John Andrew.
9

The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Set in the shifting social landscape of 1910s New York, the narrative follows Anthony Patch, the presumptive heir to a massive tycoon fortune, and his marriage to the socialite Gloria Gilbert.
10

Washington Square

by Henry James

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

In the affluent backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century New York, Catherine Sloper lives under the scrutiny of her father, Austin, a prominent physician who views his daughter as dull and unremarkable.
11

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
12

Tartuffe

by Molière

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

In seventeenth-century Paris, a wealthy patriarch named Orgon falls under the spell of Tartuffe, a man posing as a pious ascetic.

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