Books like My Secret Life
12 books with a reading profile close to My Secret Life by Walter, Anonymous. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Dead Souls
classic literature, experimental
Nikolai Gogol’s unfinished nineteenth-century masterpiece follows Chichikov, a middle-class striver who travels the Russian countryside purchasing the names of deceased serfs to use as collateral for a bank loan.
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2
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, experimental
Henry Miller's first published novel is a loose, first-person account of an American writer living in Paris in the early 1930s with little money and a great appetite for food, sex, talk, and ideas.
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3
Heart of a Dog
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, experimental
In 1920s Moscow, the surgeon Professor Preobrazhensky performs a radical medical experiment by transplanting a human pituitary gland and testicles into a stray dog named Sharik.
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4
Clevinger's trial (from 'Catch-22')
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, experimental
Joseph Heller’s standalone play, Clevinger’s Trial, adapts the eighth chapter of his novel Catch-22 into a rhythmic, one-act script.
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5
Catch-22. A Dramatization
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, experimental
In this 1971 dramatic adaptation, Joseph Heller reconfigures his World War II novel into a stage play centered on Captain Yossarian and his desperate attempts to be grounded from combat duty.
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6
The Pickwick Papers
classic literature
Samuel Pickwick, a retired businessman and perpetual optimist, leads a small group of gentlemen from the Pickwick Club across the English countryside to observe human behavior and local customs.
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7
The King in Yellow
classic literature, experimental
This short story collection centers on a fictional play titled The King in Yellow, a forbidden text that induces madness, despair, or physical ruin in anyone who reads it.
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8
Burmese Days
Also thought-provoking · classic literature
Set in the remote logging town of Kyauktada during the final decades of British imperial rule, the story follows John Flory, a weary teak merchant disillusioned by the bigotry of his peers.
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9
Orlando
Also thought-provoking · classic literature, experimental
The narrative follows Orlando, a young Elizabethan nobleman who begins as a favorite of the court and lives for over three centuries without aging significantly.
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10
Welcome to the Monkey House
classic literature, experimental
This collection gathers more than two dozen of Vonnegut's short stories, introduced by the author.
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11
Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
classic literature
Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious newcomer named Mrs.
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12
Three Sunsets and Other Poems
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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