22 must-read classics books like Jónás könyve by Mihály Babits

Jónás könyve

By: Mihály Babits

3.69

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A Jónás könyve Babits Mihály 1938-ban írt elbeszélő költeménye, amely a bibliai Jónás próféta törté…

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Cover of Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi, George Szirtes (translator)

1. Anna Édes

By: Dezső Kosztolányi , George Szirtes (translator)

3.87

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

This ​long out-of-print novel by Hungarian writer Kosztolanyi (1885-1936) takes place in Budapest j… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
  • school
"A szem az agyvelő legtávolabbi képződménye, a koponya kiugró bástyafokán maga is egy látó, szabadon hagyott agyvelő, mely a megismerés lázában, valamikor a lét kozmikus forradalmában két lyukat szakí…"

-Dezső Kosztolányi, Anna Édes

"Távollevő ismerőseinket szeretjük megrögzíteni egy ponton, egy határozott helyzetben, akár a halottakat, megállítjuk fölöttük az időt, jámbor öncsalással elhitetjük magunkkal, hogy képzeletünknek az …"

-Dezső Kosztolányi, Anna Édes

Cover of L'Écume des jours by Boris Vian

2. L'Écume des jours

By: Boris Vian

3.93

Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more

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  • classics
"Per me, ciccino mio"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"

-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

Cover of The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár, Masimiliano Longo

3. The Paul Street Boys

By: Ferenc Molnár , Masimiliano Longo

4.17

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The war between two groups of Hungarian boys living in Budapest. One with Hungarian national colour… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
  • school
"Csónakosi taskus leidus kõike. Pole sellist turgugi, kus oleks nii palju kõige mitmekesisemaid asju kui Csónakosi taskus. Seal oli sulenuga, nööri, kuule, vasest ukselink, naelu, võti, riiet, märkmik…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

"Ama ben kahraman değilim. Buraya gelmemin ne kadar önemli olduğunu bilmiyordum. Ben sadece diğer arkadaşlar gibi savaşmaya geldim. Onlar gibi, aynen arkadaşlarım gibi... Sonra birden önünde Feri Áts’…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

"Was it good? Nemecsek fixed his blue eyes on Gereb and replied: Yes, and quietly added: Much better than to be standing on the bank, laughing at me. I'd rather stay in the water neck-deep until New Y…"

-Ferenc Molnár, The Paul Street Boys

Cover of The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

4. The Overcoat

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.15

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more

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  • classics
  • school
"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien, James  Wood, Justin Obrien

5. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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  • classics
"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

Cover of Tartuffe by Martin Sorrell, Molière, Curtis Hidden Page

6. Tartuffe

By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more

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  • classics
  • school
Cover of Iskola a határon by None, Marjanca Mihelič

7. Iskola a határon

By: None , Marjanca Mihelič

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Az iro uj regenye egyreszt szabalyos diakregeny, mulattato, neha tragikumba fordulo diakcsinyekkel,… read more

Similar categories in None's Iskola a határon book and Mihály Babits's Jónás könyve

  • hungarian literature
  • classics
  • school
Cover of The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, Ronald Wilks

8. The Nose

By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Journey by Moonlight by Len Rix, Antal Szerb

9. Journey by Moonlight

By: Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

A major classic of 1930s literature, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight (Utas es Holdvilag)is the f… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
Cover of Crush by Richard Siken

10. Crush

By: Richard Siken

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful c… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Tóték by István Örkény

11. Tóték

By: István Örkény

4.20

Format: 288 pages,

,,A Totek... a magam szandeka szerint a kiszolgaltatottak tragikomediaja. ...Kolcsonos fuggosegben … read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Mother Courage and Her Children by David Hare, Bertolt Brecht

12. Mother Courage and Her Children

By: David Hare , Bertolt Brecht

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her … read more

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  • classics
  • school

13. Skylark

By: Dezső Kosztolányi , Péter Esterházy , Richard Aczel

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays--call them Mother and Father--live in Sarszeg, a … read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
Cover of The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude

14. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • classics
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

Cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Michael   Meyer

15. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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  • classics
  • school
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

16. Kornél Esti

By: Bernard Adams , Dezső Kosztolányi

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, Kornel Estisets into rollicking action a series of adventures abo… read more

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17. The Tragedy of Man

By: Imre Madách

4.32

Format: 224 pages,

A literary work by the Hungarian author Imre Madach, first published in 1861. A play composed in ve… read more

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18. The Man with the Golden Touch

By: Mór Jókai

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Mor Jokai (1825-1904) was the first Hungarian novelist to achieve world fame. "The Man with the Gol… read more

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Cover of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Stanley Corngold

19. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

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  • classics
  • school
"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

20. The Door

By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more

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Cover of Az élet kapuja by Ferenc Herczeg

21. Az élet kapuja

By: Ferenc Herczeg

2.69

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Herczeg Ferenc regénye a 16. század elején játszódik; egy olyan korban, amikor a történelem során e… read more

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Cover of Nem ​egyszerű by Laura Leiner

22. Nem ​egyszerű

By: Laura Leiner

4.18

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

A huszonhárom éves Iza szerkesztőként dolgozik egy könyvkiadónál, és a nagy lehetőséget várja, ami … read more

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  • hungarian literature
Cover of Abigail by Magda Szabó

23. Abigail

By: Magda Szabó

4.33

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of … read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
Cover of Az Isten háta mögött by Zsigmond Móricz

24. Az Isten háta mögött

By: Zsigmond Móricz

3.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

„Hat férfi és egy asszony. S mind a hatan egyformán emésztő szenvedéllyel lesik ezt az egy asszonyt… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics

25. Jónás könyve

By: Mihály Babits

3.69

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

A Jónás könyve Babits Mihály 1938-ban írt elbeszélő költeménye, amely a bibliai Jónás próféta törté… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • poetry
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Az apostol by Sándor Petőfi

26. Az apostol

By: Sándor Petőfi

3.57

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Petőfi Sándor 1844–1848 között kilenc elbeszélő költeményt írt. Többek között a János vitézt, Bolon… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • poetry
  • classics
  • school
Cover of Tóték / Macskajáték by István Örkény

27. Tóték / Macskajáték

By: István Örkény

4.01

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

„A ​történelem sokféleképpen ismétli önmagát – írta Örkény István Tóték című drámájának bemutatása … read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics
"Sajnos, én sohasem követtem el hibákat; életem téli álom volt, mert féltem a hidegtől."

-István Örkény, Tóték / Macskajáték

Cover of Beszterce ostroma by Kálmán Mikszáth

28. Beszterce ostroma

By: Kálmán Mikszáth

3.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A Beszterce ostroma (1895) Mikszáth egyik legolvasottabb regénye. Nem véletlenül. A groteszk elemek… read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics

29. Az a fekete folt

By: Kálmán Mikszáth

3.57

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • hungarian literature
Cover of Tragédia ​/ Szegény emberek / Barbárok by Zsigmond Móricz

30. Tragédia ​/ Szegény emberek / Barbárok

By: Zsigmond Móricz

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

None read more

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Cover of Adjátok vissza a hegyeimet by Albert Wass

31. Adjátok vissza a hegyeimet

By: Albert Wass

4.38

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • hungarian literature
  • classics

11 Top school books like Jónás könyve by Mihály Babits

Transform Your Habits

Anna Édes

Dezső Kosztolányi , George Szirtes (translator)

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Paul Street Boys

Ferenc Molnár , Masimiliano Longo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Tartuffe

Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page

4.14

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10 Top fiction books like Journey by Moonlight by Len Rix, Antal Szerb

Transform Your Habits

Anna Édes

Dezső Kosztolányi , George Szirtes (translator)

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Bánk Bán

József Katona

2.76

Transform Your Habits

Iskola a határon

None , Marjanca Mihelič

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Journey by Moonlight

Len Rix , Antal Szerb

4.08

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