Books like The Financier
12 books with a reading profile close to The Financier by Theodore Dreiser. Outward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Lázaro narrates his own life from the poorest start.
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MAIN STREET
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Carol Kennicott moves from the city to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, seeking to introduce aesthetic beauty and intellectual vibrancy to the provincial town.
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The Pickwick Papers
literary, classic literature
Samuel Pickwick, a retired businessman and perpetual optimist, leads a small group of gentlemen from the Pickwick Club across the English countryside to observe human behavior and local customs.
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4
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Henry Fielding, Alice Wakely
literary, classic literature
Squire Allworthy discovers an infant, Tom Jones, in his bed and decides to raise the foundling alongside his nephew, the spiteful Master Blifil.
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Titus Andronicus
literary, classic literature
Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after a decade of war against the Goths, bringing Queen Tamora and her sons as prisoners.
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Burmese Days
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Set in the remote logging town of Kyauktada during the final decades of British imperial rule, the story follows John Flory, a weary teak merchant disillusioned by the bigotry of his peers.
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Three Sunsets and Other Poems
literary, classic literature
Published posthumously in 1898, this collection gathers Lewis Carroll's serious and romantic verse, moving away from the nonsense rhyme found in his famous novels.
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8
Eugénie Grandet
by Honoré de Balzac, Christopher Prendergast
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Set in the provincial town of Saumur, this novel documents the domestic tyranny of Felix Grandet, a former cooper who has amassed a secret fortune through obsessive land speculation and hoarding.
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9
Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
literary, classic literature
Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious newcomer named Mrs.
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Gordon Comstock, a young London poet, has quit a good advertising job because he despises the worship of money.
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It Can't Happen Here
Also outward-looking and thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
Set in the mid-1930s, the narrative centers on the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a populist senator who wins the American presidency by promising every citizen five thousand dollars a year and a return to traditiona…
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Hard Times
Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature
In the industrial settlement of Coketown, Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, according to a philosophy of cold rationalism and "Facts." He rejects imagination, emotion, and the arts, viewing human bei…
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