Books like The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
12 books with a reading profile close to The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Lady Susan
by Jane Austen
romance, literary
Lady Susan Vernon is a widow who uses manipulation and social maneuvering to secure her financial future.
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2
The Watsons
by Jane Austen, L. Oulton
romance, literary
Emma Watson returns to her father’s modest home after being raised by a wealthy aunt who has unexpectedly disinherited her.
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3
La dame aux camélias
romance, literary
Set in mid-19th-century Paris, this novel recounts the tragic affair between Armand Duval, a young bourgeois lawyer, and Marguerite Gautier, a high-class courtesan known for her constant companion camellias.
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4
Paul and Virginia
romance, literary
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre narrates the lives of two children raised according to the laws of nature on the remote island of Mauritius.
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5
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
romance, literary
Agnes Grey follows the daughter of an impoverished clergyman who seeks financial independence by working as a governess for landed families.
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6
The Professor
romance, literary
William Crimsworth rejects a future in the church and an inheritance from his aristocratic uncles to seek financial independence as a teacher in Brussels.
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7
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster
romance, literary
Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman traveling in Italy under the strict supervision of her cousin Charlotte, encounters the unconventional Emancipated Mr.
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8
Corelli’s Mandolin
romance, literary
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.
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9
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
romance, literary
Constance Chatterley is a young woman married to Clifford, a baronet paralyzed from the waist down in the First World War.
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10
The Painted Veil
romance, literary
In 1920s Hong Kong, Kitty Fane enters a loveless marriage with Walter, a reserved bacteriologist, to escape her demanding mother.
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Maurice
by E.M. Forster
romance, literary
Maurice Hall is a middle-class young man who goes to Cambridge, where he falls in love with Clive Durham, a fellow student.
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12
Much Ado About Nothing
romance, literary
In the aftermath of a successful military campaign, the Prince of Aragon and his soldiers visit the estate of Leonato in Messina.
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