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Books like The Inspector General

12 books with a reading profile close to The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. Outward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

MAIN STREET

by Sinclair Lewis

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.
2

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.
3

Burmese Days

by George Orwell

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.
4

Lady Windermere's Fan

by Oscar Wilde

literary, classic literature

Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious newcomer named Mrs.
5

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

by Lazarillo de Tormes

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Lázaro narrates his own life from the poorest start.
6

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.
7

Three Sunsets and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

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.
8

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

by George Orwell

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.
9

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh

Also thought-provoking · 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.
10

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

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.
11

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

Eliot Rosewater, the alcoholic heir to a massive industrial fortune, abandons high society to relocate to a decaying town in Indiana.
12

Tartuffe

by Molière

Also thought-provoking · literary, classic literature

In seventeenth-century Paris, a wealthy patriarch named Orgon falls under the spell of Tartuffe, a man posing as a pious ascetic.

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