Books like Emma
12 books with a reading profile close to Emma by Jane Austen. Deep; a moderate read.
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1
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
romance, literary
Catherine Morland, a sheltered seventeen-year-old with a vivid imagination fueled by Gothic novels, travels to Bath under the chaperonage of the Allen family.
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2
The Professor
romance, literary
William Crimsworth rejects a future in the church and an inheritance from his aristocratic uncles to seek financial independence as a teacher in Brussels.
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3
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
romance, literary
Constance Chatterley is a young woman married to Clifford, a baronet paralyzed from the waist down in the First World War.
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4
Ruy Blas
by Victor Hugo
romance, literary
In seventeenth-century Spain, Don Salluste de Bazan seeks revenge against Queen Maria de Neubourg after she exiles him for refusing to marry a lady-in-waiting.
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5
Much Ado About Nothing
romance, literary
In the aftermath of a successful military campaign, the Prince of Aragon and his soldiers visit the estate of Leonato in Messina.
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6
Romeo and Juliet
Also deep · romance, literary
Set in the Italian city of Verona, this dramatic tragedy follows the lethal animosity between two noble houses, the Montagues and the Capulets.
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7
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
romance, literary
Agnes Grey follows the daughter of an impoverished clergyman who seeks financial independence by working as a governess for landed families.
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8
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
Also deep · romance, literary
Set against the desolate Yorkshire moors, this novel follows the volatile connection between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff.
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9
Paul and Virginia
romance, literary
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre narrates the lives of two children raised according to the laws of nature on the remote island of Mauritius.
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10
The House of Mirth
Also deep · romance, literary
Lily Bart is a beautiful but impoverished socialite navigating the rigid hierarchy of Gilded Age New York.
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11
Lady Susan
by Jane Austen
romance, literary
Lady Susan Vernon is a widow who uses manipulation and social maneuvering to secure her financial future.
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12
Corinne
by Germaine de Staël, Isabel Hill
romance, literary
Set against the backdrop of an eighteenth-century Grand Tour, this novel centers on the intense intellectual and emotional connection between Lord Oswald Nelvil, a grieving Scottish aristocrat, and Corinne, a celebrated…
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