Books like Paul and Virginia
12 books with a reading profile close to Paul and Virginia by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The Professor
Also thought-provoking · 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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2
La dame aux camélias
Also inward-looking · romance, literary
Set in mid-19th-century Paris, this novel recounts the tragic affair between Armand Duval, a young bourgeois lawyer, and Marguerite Gautier, a high-class courtesan known for her constant companion camellias.
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Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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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4
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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5
The Watsons
by Jane Austen, L. Oulton
romance, literary
Emma Watson returns to her father’s modest home after being raised by a wealthy aunt who has unexpectedly disinherited her.
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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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The Painted Veil
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, literary
In 1920s Hong Kong, Kitty Fane enters a loveless marriage with Walter, a reserved bacteriologist, to escape her demanding mother.
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8
Much Ado About Nothing
Also thought-provoking · 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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9
Maurice
by E.M. Forster
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, literary
Maurice Hall is a middle-class young man who goes to Cambridge, where he falls in love with Clive Durham, a fellow student.
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10
Ruy Blas
by Victor Hugo
Also thought-provoking · 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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11
Corinne
by Germaine de Staël, Isabel Hill
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · 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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A Farewell to Arms
Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · romance, literary
Frederic Henry, an American paramedic serving with the Italian army during World War I, experiences the collapse of the front following the retreat from Caporetto.
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