Books like Il fu Mattia Pascal
12 books with a reading profile close to Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello. Deep, inward-looking, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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A Hero of Our Time
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Set against the rugged landscape of the Caucasus Mountains, the novel follows Grigory Pechorin, a young Russian officer whose life is defined by boredom and emotional detachment.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Pozdnyshev, a Russian landowner traveling by train, recounts the events leading to his wife’s murder.
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Franny and Zooey
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Franny and Zooey consists of two connected narratives centered on the youngest members of the Glass family, a group of former child prodigies.
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Demian
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Emil Sinclair grows up in a conventional, pious household, struggling to reconcile the "world of light" represented by his family with the "world of darkness" he observes in the streets.
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Ivan Ilych is a high-ranking judge in nineteenth-century Russia who builds a life around social status, material comfort, and strict professional decorum.
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Notes from Underground
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
The narrative follows a retired civil servant residing in St.
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Steppenwolf
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
Harry Haller is a middle-aged intellectual living in a rented room, paralyzed by a perceived duality between his refined human persona and a savage, solitary identity he calls the Steppenwolf.
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The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, Laurence Senelick
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Konstantin Treplev, an aspiring playwright, stages an experimental outdoor performance to impress Nina Zarechnaya, a young actress whom he loves.
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No Exit
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Set in a single room furnished with Second Empire sofas, the play follows three deceased individuals—Garcin, Inès, and Estelle—as they realize they are their own torturers.
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The Wall
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, literary
Sartre's collection takes its name from the title story, set during the Spanish Civil War.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Also deep and inward-looking · psychology, literary
Set on a Mississippi Delta cotton estate, the narrative centers on the Pollitt family during Big Daddy’s sixty-fifth birthday.
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The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, psychology
In this collection of essays, Aldous Huxley documents his 1953 experiments with mescaline under clinical supervision.
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