Books like Poor Relation's Story
12 books with a reading profile close to Poor Relation's Story by Charles Dickens. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Some Christmas Stories Annotated
narrative, classic literature
This collection gathers short fiction Charles Dickens wrote for the holiday issues of his periodicals, Household Words and All the Year Round.
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2
To Build a Fire
by Jack London
narrative, classic literature
An unnamed man travels on foot through the frozen Yukon, accompanied by a dog, to join friends at a camp.
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3
Master Humphrey's Clock
narrative, classic literature
Master Humphrey, a lonely gentleman living in London, keeps a collection of old manuscripts hidden inside the case of his grandfather clock.
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4
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
narrative, classic literature
Alexandra Bergson, a Swedish-American immigrant in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, inherits her father’s struggling farm amid a harsh prairie landscape.
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5
Post Office
narrative, classic literature
Henry Chinaski is a hard-drinking, hard-gambling, constantly broke man who takes a job as a substitute mail carrier in Los Angeles.
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6
The Yearling
narrative, classic literature
Set in the thickets of late nineteenth-century Florida, the story follows Jody Baxter, a boy living a precarious existence on a frontier farm.
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7
Empire Falls
narrative, classic literature
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
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8
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
narrative, classic literature
Set in 1962 Minnesota, the story follows eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who believes his father, Jeremiah, performs literal miracles.
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9
The Palace of Illusions
narrative, classic literature
This retelling of the Mahabharata is narrated by Panchaali, also called Draupadi, who emerges from a sacrificial fire to marry the five Pandava brothers.
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10
Tom's Midnight Garden
narrative, classic literature
When Tom Long is sent to quarantine at his aunt and uncle’s apartment, he expects a dull summer confined to a house with no yard.
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11
Pinocchio
narrative, classic literature
Geppetto, a poor woodcarver, fashions a puppet out of a piece of talking wood and names him Pinocchio.
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12
The Doings of Raffles Haw
narrative, classic literature
Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.
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