Books like Decline and Fall
12 books with a reading profile close to Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
entertainment, literary
In late Victorian London, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to escape social duties and pursue romantic interests.
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2
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
entertainment, literary
In this Greek comedy, the title character Lysistrata organizes a Panhellenic meeting of women to force an end to the Peloponnesian War.
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3
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
by Oscar Wilde
entertainment, literary
This collection centers on the satirical masterpiece where Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to maintain dual identities in London and the countryside.
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4
Lucky Jim
entertainment, literary
Jim Dixon is a junior history lecturer at a provincial British university who detests his job, his pedantic department head Professor Welch, and the stifling social expectations of 1950s academia.
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5
Titus Andronicus
literary, classic literature
Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after a decade of war against the Goths, bringing Queen Tamora and her sons as prisoners.
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6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat
literary, classic literature
Set in ancient Athens and an adjacent enchanted forest, this comedy follows four young lovers—Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius—whose romantic entanglements spiral into chaos due to the interference of the fairy k…
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7
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
literary, classic literature
Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
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8
Three Sunsets and Other Poems
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.
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9
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
literary, classic literature
A nameless narrator meets a vagrant whose body is covered in complex, shifting tattoos created by a time-traveling woman.
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10
The Shadow over Innsmouth
literary, classic literature
A young man traveling through New England in 1927 visits the decaying port of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, because he is curious about the town's bad reputation.
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11
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.
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The Great Dune Trilogy
literary, classic literature
This omnibus gathers the first three novels in Frank Herbert's science fiction saga.
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