Books like The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
12 books with a reading profile close to The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Walter J. Cobb, Lucie Konvičková. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Susan Lenox
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise follows an illegitimate girl born into a rigid Midwestern environment.
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2
Adam Bede
by George Eliot, Robert Lewis Weed
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the rural community of Hayslope at the end of the eighteenth century, the narrative follows the upright carpenter Adam Bede and his unrequited love for the beautiful but shallow Hetty Sorrel.
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3
Dombey and Son
narrative, literary
Paul Dombey runs his shipping house with a singular focus on patriarchal succession and commercial dominance.
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4
Great Expectations
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The story follows Pip, an orphan living in the bleak Kentish marshes with his sister and the blacksmith Joe Gargery.
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5
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
narrative, literary
Joe Kavalier, a magician and escape artist, flees Nazi-occupied Prague and arrives in New York City to live with his cousin, Sammy Clay.
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6
Shirley
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in Yorkshire during the Napoleonic Wars, the narrative centers on the industrial unrest caused by the Orders in Council and the introduction of textile machinery.
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7
Evangeline
narrative, literary
Set in 1755 during the Expulsion of the Acadians, this epic poem follows the separation of two lovers, Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse.
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8
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, these interconnected novels follow the lives of two boys navigating the constraints of antebellum society.
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9
Prodigal Summer
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In the humid mountains of southern Appalachia, three narrative threads intersect through the lens of evolutionary biology and ecological interdependence.
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10
Empire Falls
narrative, literary
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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11
Assommoir
by Émile Zola
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
L’Assommoir documents the physical and moral decline of Gervaise Macquart, a laundress striving for domestic stability in the slums of Second Empire Paris.
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12
Hag-Seed
narrative, literary
Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
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