Books like The Sound of Waves
12 books with a reading profile close to The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima. Clear-cut and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Paul and Virginia
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
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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The Professor
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
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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Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
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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4
Lady Susan
by Jane Austen
romance, classic literature
Lady Susan Vernon is a widow who uses manipulation and social maneuvering to secure her financial future.
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5
La dame aux camélias
romance, classic literature
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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The Watsons
by Jane Austen, L. Oulton
romance, classic literature
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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The Painted Veil
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
In 1920s Hong Kong, Kitty Fane enters a loveless marriage with Walter, a reserved bacteriologist, to escape her demanding mother.
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A Farewell to Arms
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
Frederic Henry, an American paramedic serving with the Italian army during World War I, experiences the collapse of the front following the retreat from Caporetto.
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Maurice
by E.M. Forster
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
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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Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist are two young ranch hands who spend a summer in 1963 herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming.
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11
Much Ado About Nothing
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
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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12
Ruy Blas
by Victor Hugo
Also thought-provoking · romance, classic literature
In seventeenth-century Spain, Don Salluste de Bazan seeks revenge against Queen Maria de Neubourg after she exiles him for refusing to marry a lady-in-waiting.
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