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Books tagged with Coming of Age[193 found]

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Rose in Bloom

by Louisa M. Alcott

Published: 1876-01-01. 94,454 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

Returning from abroad, a thoughtful young heiress steps into Boston society determined to grow into herself, not into a fortune-hunter’s prize. Surrounded by charming cousins, meddling aunts, and tempting pleasures, she tests friendship, ambition, and love—until loss and hard choices teach her to seek a partner worthy of her heart and a purpose worthy of her gifts.

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Brenda's Ward

by Helen Leah Reed

Published: 1906-01-01. 81,446 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A spirited young woman takes on the care of her orphaned cousin, guiding him through the trials of youth in a bustling city. As she balances teaching, charity work, and her own romantic prospects, their bond deepens amid challenges. Set in early 20th-century America, this heartfelt tale of duty and love explores resilience, family ties, and the quiet strength of a woman shaping a young life.

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The History of Mr. Polly

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1910-01-01. 70,386 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A dyspeptic draper with a gift for mangled words and mounting debts stumbles through sacked jobs, a misfired marriage, and one spectacular blaze, until flight from suburbia lands him at a riverside inn and a second chance. Skirmishes with a bully and his own cowardice teach him that escape isn’t enough reinvention—comic, risky, unexpectedly tender—can make an ordinary life fit to live.

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Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul

by H. G. Wells

Published: 1905-01-01. 111,094 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

Follow the journey of a humble young man whose innocence and curiosity lead him through love, society, and unexpected opportunity. As he navigates personal growth and social change, he discovers the joys, challenges, and complexities of life with warmth and insight.

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Published: 1903-11-20. 73,904 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A high-spirited country girl is sent to live with her stern aunt in a quiet New England village, where mischief, poetry, and fierce optimism often collide with rules. As schoolroom battles, neighborly feuds, and small disasters test her grit, she discovers her voice, softens hard hearts, and learns that ambition and kindness can turn a humble beginning into a shining future.

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Silas Marner

by George Eliot

Published: 1861-04-02. 73,599 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A reclusive weaver’s life of solitude and mistrust is transformed when an unexpected child enters his world. Through love, loss, and redemption, he discovers the power of human connection and the quiet joys that can heal even the loneliest heart.

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The Old Curiosity Shop

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1841-01-01. 221,037 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A tender and tragic tale of a young girl and her grandfather struggling to survive amid hardship and greed. Their journey through a world of vivid characters and moral contrasts reveals the enduring power of love and innocence.

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The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

Published: 1860-04-04. 213,264 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A powerful story of family, love, and the struggle for independence, following a spirited young woman torn between duty and desire. Set against the backdrop of rural England, it explores passion, pride, and the forces that shape a soul’s destiny.

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Paul Kelver

by Jerome K. Jerome

Published: 1902-01-01. 136,838 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A young Londoner stumbles from shabby lodgings to the bright footlights, chasing success while learning the price of charm and compromise. Among journalists, actors, and kindly frauds, he navigates first love, bruising betrayals, and hard-won integrity. Wry, tender, and self-revealing, his coming-of-age is a love letter to art—and a caution about mistaking applause for purpose.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1839-01-01. 329,614 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A vibrant and dramatic story of a young man striving to protect his family and find his place in the world. Facing cruelty, deceit, and adventure, he navigates challenges with courage, wit, and compassion, revealing the resilience and heart needed to overcome adversity.

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Redburn: His First Voyage

by Herman Melville

Published: 1849-01-01. 120,179 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A naive boy signs onto a merchant ship and is pitched into a harsh apprenticeship—bullying mates, brutal chores, and the bitter cold Atlantic. In Liverpool’s alleys he confronts poverty and pride, learning how class and cruelty shadow every harbor. Amid storms, small kindnesses, and hard lessons, he sheds illusions and discovers what courage and conscience truly cost at sea.

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David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1850-11-01. 362,027 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A young orphan rises from a harsh childhood in Victorian England, facing cruel stepfathers, grueling workhouses, and fleeting joys. Through friendships, love, and betrayal, his resilient spirit seeks a place in a turbulent world. This sweeping saga of growth and discovery weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope, capturing the enduring quest for identity and belonging.

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Villette

by Charlotte Brontë

Published: 1853-01-27. 196,424 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

An observant, self-contained woman flees a shadowed past to teach at a girls’ school in a foreign city. Amid strict classrooms, midnight visions, and shifting alliances, she wrestles with loneliness, faith, and forbidden love, slowly discovering her own fierce capacity for desire, resilience, and hope, even when happiness seems forever out of reach.

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The Professor

by Charlotte Brontë

Published: 1857-06-06. 89,693 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

An orphaned clerk with quiet pride leaves England for a Brussels school, where he teaches unruly boys by day and wrestles loneliness by night. A cool beauty toys with his hopes a penniless teacher with fierce integrity challenges his heart. Amid exams, jealousies, and Calvinist shadows, he must choose ambition or love—and find a self that can stand alone.

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Swann’s Way book 2

by Marcel Proust

Published: 1919-01-01. 237,128 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

As memories of love and society deepen, a young man navigates desire, jealousy, and the intricacies of social life. Reflections on art, passion, and the passage of time reveal the subtle forces that shape identity and human connection.

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Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

Published: 1837-01-01. 161,211 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

Born in a workhouse and apprenticed to cruelty, a lonely orphan flees to London and falls into the clutches of a gang of pickpockets led by a charming villain. As he struggles to keep his innocence amid crime, betrayal, and unexpected kindness, his true origins emerge, drawing him toward peril—and a chance at belonging. Along the way, unlikely allies risk everything to save him.

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Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen

Published: 1817-12-20. 78,204 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A lively young woman with an overactive imagination enters the world of high society, where romance and intrigue seem to leap from the pages of her beloved gothic novels. Amid misunderstandings and unexpected affection, she learns to distinguish fantasy from truth and finds love grounded in sincerity and sense.

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Jacob's Room

by Virginia Woolf

Published: 1922-10-26. 55,004 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A modernist exploration of a young man’s life unfolds through fragmented impressions, memories, and encounters. Beyond a linear narrative, it examines identity, relationships, and the fleeting nature of existence, offering a profound meditation on human experience and perception.

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This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1920-03-26. 83,994 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A handsome, restless Midwestern boy wins his way into elite schools, smoky clubs, and doomed romances, always chasing beauty, status, and a self he can admire. From campus pranks to postwar disillusion and flapper glitter, his friendships and affairs crumble as he discovers charm alone can’t protect a hollow soul from growing up.

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The Voyage Out

by Virginia Woolf

Published: 1915-03-26. 139,477 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age

A shy young woman leaves England on a ship bound for South America, hoping travel will crack open a life she has never truly lived. Amid shipboard flirtations, colonial drawing rooms and fierce tropical landscapes, she tests love, faith and independence, only to find that freedom demands a price no one can foresee, or fully understand.

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