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All Roads Lead to Calvary

by Jerome K. Jerome

Published: 1919-01-01. 93,878 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

The novel follows an intelligent and idealistic young woman from a privileged background, as she seeks meaning and purpose in a changing world during the time of World War I.

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Limbo

by Aldous Huxley

Published: 1920-01-01. 50,322 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

The book contains a mix of short stories, satirical essays, and dialogues that explore the absurdities of modern life, art, relationships, war, and intellectual pretensions.

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Mortal Coils

by Aldous Huxley

Published: 1921-01-01. 39,714 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of five short stories and a play that explore the complexities of human desires, illusions, and disappointments.

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Scenes of Clerical Life

by George Eliot

Published: 1858-01-01. 147,870 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

Three novellas which were Eliot’s debut work of fiction, presenting realistic portrayals of English life, particularly the moral and social struggles of clergy.

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The Golden Bowl

by Henry James

Published: 1904-11-17. 211,930 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

An Italian nobleman is engaged to the daughter of a wealthy American art collector. Before the marriage, the nobleman reunites with his former lover who is also his fiancee’s close friend.

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The Portrait of a Lady— Volume 2

by Henry James

Published: 1881-11-01. 117,970 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

The book talks about a spirited and independent American woman navigating the complexities of wealth, freedom, and marriage in European society.

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Daniel Deronda

by George Eliot

Published: 1876-01-01. 314,669 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A complex Victorian novel which explores themes of identity, morality, society, and Zionism.

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Dubliners

by James Joyce

Published: 1914-06-15. 68,920 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of fifteen short stories, each portraying ordinary life in early 20th-century Dublin, Ireland. The stories are unified by themes of paralysis, routine, epiphany, and escape.

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The Beast in the Jungle

by Henry James

Published: 1903-02-26. 19,128 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

An introspective man who believes that his life is destined to be marked by some extraordinary event—what he refers to as "the beast in the jungle."

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Little Dorrit

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1857-05-30. 343,418 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A social critique wrapped in a personal story, centered on a kind, modest young woman born and raised in Marshalsea Prison for Debt in London.

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Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1922-09-22. 89,419 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of short stories capturing the spirit, excess, and anxieties of the Roaring Twenties. The collection features a mix of satire, fantasy, romance, and tragedy.

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

Published: 1848-06-24. 172,726 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A Victorian novel that tells the story of a woman’s struggle for independence, personal dignity, and protection of her child in the face of an abusive marriage.

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The Portrait of a Lady— Volume 1

by Henry James

Published: 1881-10-29. 121,484 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A wealthy man lives with his son in an English country estate. The son invites his cousin who is a lively and intelligent young woman from New York to visit.

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All the Sad Young Men

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1926-02-01. 64,184 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of short stories that explore themes of lost love, disillusionment, and the complexities of wealth and social status in the Jazz Age.

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Flappers and Philosophers

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1920-01-01. 61,215 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of eight short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, his first published book.

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The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1922-03-04. 125,060 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A privileged young man in New York City, and his beautiful wife as they pursue pleasure, wealth, and social status.

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Monday Or Tuesday

by Virginia Woolf

Published: 1921-01-01. 18,387 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A collection of eight short stories by Virginia Woolf.

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Shirley

by Charlotte Brontë

Published: 1849-10-26. 218,689 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A mill owner is trying to introduce labor-saving machinery to his textile factory. This angers local workers, who fear unemployment and resort to violence.

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Bartleby The Scrivener

by Herman Melville

Published: 1853-12-01. 14,546 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A lawyer employs several scriveners, to help with legal paperwork.

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The Republic

by Plato

Published: 0001-01-01. 217,093 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Literature

A philosophical dialogue written by Plato, featuring Socrates as the main speaker.

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