Books like Metamorphoses
12 books with a reading profile close to Metamorphoses by Ovid. Deep; a demanding read.
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Island
Also deep · philosophy, literary
The story follows Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who shipwrecks on the forbidden Pacific island of Pala.
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Measure for Measure
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Duke Vincentio departs Vienna under a pretext of travel, leaving the puritanical Angelo to enforce long-ignored moral laws.
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Eugene Onegin
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse follows Eugene Onegin, a cynical aristocrat weary of Saint Petersburg’s high society.
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Fathers and Sons
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Arkady Kirsanov returns from university to his father's estate in 1859, bringing his friend Yevgeny Bazarov, a medical student and self-declared nihilist who rejects authority, art, and tradition.
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The Wall
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Sartre's collection takes its name from the title story, set during the Spanish Civil War.
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Macbeth
Also deep · philosophy, literary
After receiving a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland, a general named Macbeth murders King Duncan to seize the throne.
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No Exit
Also deep · 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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Antigone
by Jean Anouilh
Also deep · philosophy, literary
Jean Anouilh's play, first staged in occupied Paris in 1944, retells Sophocles.
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Sesame and lilies
by John Ruskin
Also deep · philosophy, literary
John Ruskin centers this collection of lectures on the distinct social responsibilities of men and women within Victorian society.
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Songs of innocence and of experience
Also deep · philosophy, literary
William Blake’s hand-colored collection contrasts two differing states of the human soul.
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