Books like The Life of Charlotte Brontë
12 books with a reading profile close to The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
The Miracle Worker
biography, narrative
The play chronicles the arrival of Annie Sullivan at the Keller household to instruct young Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf following an infant illness.
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2
Lust for Life
by Irving Stone
biography, narrative
Irving Stone chronicles the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh, beginning with his failed attempt to serve as a missionary in the impoverished Borinage coal mines.
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3
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
biography, narrative
Hayden Herrera tracks the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo from her childhood in Coyoacán through the catastrophic bus accident that left her in permanent physical pain.
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4
Poor Relation's Story
narrative, classic literature
The narrative unfolds during a Christmas gathering where a marginalized family member, referred to as the Poor Relation, recounts his life story to his more affluent kin.
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5
Some Christmas Stories Annotated
narrative, classic literature
This collection gathers short fiction Charles Dickens wrote for the holiday issues of his periodicals, Household Words and All the Year Round.
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Evangeline
narrative, classic literature
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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7
Susan Lenox
narrative, classic literature
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise follows an illegitimate girl born into a rigid Midwestern environment.
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The Life of Charlotte Bronte
biography, classic literature
Elizabeth Gaskell reconstructs the private history of her friend, the author of Jane Eyre, through a collection of personal letters and firsthand observations of the Haworth parsonage.
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9
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
narrative, classic literature
Alexandra Bergson, a Swedish-American immigrant in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, inherits her father’s struggling farm amid a harsh prairie landscape.
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10
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo, Walter J. Cobb
narrative, classic literature
In fifteenth-century Paris, the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo lives within the stone walls of Notre-Dame Cathedral under the guardianship of Archdeacon Claude Frollo.
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Schindler’s List
biography, narrative
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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12
Adam Bede
by George Eliot, Robert Lewis Weed
narrative, classic literature
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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