Books like North and South
12 books with a reading profile close to North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
romance, narrative
Set in rural England during the Napoleonic era, the narrative centers on the Bennet family and their five unmarried daughters.
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2
Corelli’s Mandolin
romance, narrative
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the narrative follows Pelagia, the strong-willed daughter of a local physician, and Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer in the occupying Italian army.
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3
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
romance, narrative
The narrative follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they face sudden financial ruin and the loss of their family estate due to inheritance laws.
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4
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster
romance, narrative
Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman traveling in Italy under the strict supervision of her cousin Charlotte, encounters the unconventional Emancipated Mr.
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5
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
romance, narrative
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain records her family’s life within a decaying English castle during the 1930s.
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6
Jane Eyre
romance, narrative
Jane Eyre follows the life of an orphaned girl who survives a neglectful upbringing at Gateshead Hall and the harsh conditions of Lowood Institution.
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7
Desayuno en Tiffany's
romance, narrative
Set in wartime Manhattan, the story follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
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8
The Age of Innocence
romance, narrative
Newland Archer, a young gentleman integrated into the rigid social hierarchy of 1870s New York, prepares for a safe marriage to the conventional May Welland.
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9
The Price of Salt
romance, narrative
Therese Belivet is a nineteen-year-old stage designer working a temporary retail job at Frankenberg’s department store in Manhattan.
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10
The Price of Salt
romance, narrative
Therese Belivet works as a temporary shop assistant in a Manhattan department store when she meets Carol Aird, an elegant suburban mother purchasing a doll for her daughter.
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11
Three Comrades
romance, narrative
Robert Lohkamp, Otto Köster and Gottfried Lenz are three veterans of the First World War who run a car repair shop in Germany in the late 1920s, bound by their wartime experiences and poverty.
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12
The Marriage Portrait
narrative, literary
In sixteenth-century Florence, Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici is forced to marry Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, following the sudden death of her older sister.
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