Books like The complete poetical works
12 books with a reading profile close to The complete poetical works by Robert Burns. Deep and contemplative; a moderate read.
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El llano en llamas
by Juan Rulfo
Also deep and contemplative · literary, classic literature
Juan Rulfo's collection has seventeen short stories set in the arid countryside of Jalisco in Mexico, after the Revolution and the Cristero War.
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The Moon and Sixpence
Also deep · literary, classic literature
Charles Strickland is an ordinary London stockbroker with a wife and two children until he abandons them without explanation and moves to Paris to paint.
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The Portable Oscar Wilde
by Richard Aldington, Oscar Wilde
literary, classic literature
This 1946 compilation preserves the breadth of Oscar Wilde’s literary output, moving beyond his reputation as a mere wit.
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As You Like It
literary, classic literature
In this pastoral comedy, Rosalind flees the court of her usurping uncle, Duke Frederick, and disguises herself as a young man named Ganymede to survive in the Forest of Arden.
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A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
Also deep · literary, classic literature
Faulkner's collection centers on the title story, in which the townspeople of Jefferson, Mississippi, attend the funeral of Miss Emily Grierson, a reclusive woman from an old family.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
literary, classic literature
Farquhar, a Southern planter, is being hanged for attempting to sabotage an Owl Creek bridge during the Civil War.
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
literary, classic literature
Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat
Also deep · literary, classic literature
Set in ancient Athens and an adjacent enchanted forest, this comedy follows four young lovers—Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius—whose romantic entanglements spiral into chaos due to the interference of the fairy k…
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A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
Also deep · literary, classic literature
Tony Last is a gentle English country gentleman who lives at Hetton Abbey, a Gothic mansion he loves, with his wife Brenda and young son John Andrew.
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The Complete Fairy Tales
by Oscar Wilde
Also contemplative · literary, classic literature
This collection brings together stories including The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, and The Nightingale and the Rose.
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Portnoy’s Complaint
by Philip Roth
Also deep · literary, classic literature
Alexander Portnoy lies on a psychoanalyst’s couch and delivers a frantic, obscene monologue regarding his sexual frustrations and childhood hangfires.
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