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12 books with a reading profile close to Persuasion by Jane Austen. Contemplative; a moderate read.

1

The novels of Jane Austen [6 volumes]

by Jane Austen

Also contemplative · romance, narrative

This six-volume collection contains the complete major fiction of Jane Austen, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
2

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.
3

North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell

romance, narrative

Margaret Hale, a clergyman’s daughter, is uprooted from the genteel landscapes of southern England when her father moves the family to the industrial northern town of Milton.
4

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

Also contemplative · 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.
5

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

Also contemplative · 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.
6

Desayuno en Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

romance, narrative

Set in wartime Manhattan, the story follows an aspiring writer who becomes fascinated by his neighbor, Holly Golightly.
7

Three Comrades

by Erich Maria Remarque

Also contemplative · 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.
8

Corelli’s Mandolin

by Louis de Bernières

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.
9

The Price of Salt

by Claire Morgan

Also contemplative · romance, narrative

Therese Belivet is a nineteen-year-old stage designer working a temporary retail job at Frankenberg’s department store in Manhattan.
10

The Price of Salt

by Patricia Highsmith

Also contemplative · 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.
11

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.
12

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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