6 must-read poetry books like Pearl: A New Verse Translation by Unknown

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Pearl: A New Verse Translation

By: Unknown

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Winner • PEN Award for Poetry in Translation  From the acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the G…

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Cover of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

1. The Comedy of Errors

By: William Shakespeare

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more

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  • literature
  • poetry
  • classics
  • fiction
"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"El tiempo es insolvente y debe más de lo que tiene."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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2. Armadale

By: John Sutherland , Wilkie Collins

3.94

Format: 721 pages, Paperback

When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of… read more

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  • classics
  • british literature
  • literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A judge, replied the Empress, is easy to be had, but to get an impartial judge, is a thing so difficult."

-John Sutherland, Armadale

"The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!"

-John Sutherland, Armadale

"...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other..."

-John Sutherland, Armadale

"Allan found his place for the second time, and fell headlong into the bottomless abyss of the English Law. “Page 280,"

-John Sutherland, Armadale

Cover of The Parliament of Birds by Geoffrey Chaucer, Steve Ellis, None

3. The Parliament of Birds

By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Steve Ellis , None

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this collection of poems, among his very best, Chaucer showcases his lyrical skills to perfectio… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • 14th century
  • literature
  • fiction
  • medieval

4. The Consolation of Philosophy

By: Boethius , None

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more

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  • poetry
  • medieval
  • classics

5. The Poetry of Birds

By: Simon Armitage

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. They are much watched & much loved, not l… read more

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  • poetry
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6. The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography

By: Angela Carter

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Paperback

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7. Mary Barton

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Shirley Foster

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 183… read more

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8. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien

3.76

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more

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9. The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe , Lynn Staley

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Contexts" collects primary readings that illuminateThe Book of Margery Kempe. Included are excerpt… read more

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10. The School for Scandal

By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

2.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The School for Scandal" is Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy that pokes fun at London upp… read more

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11. The Nation's Favourite Poems: Book 1

By: Griff Rhys Jones

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

In a nationwide poll to discover Britain's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's 'If...' was voted numb… read more

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12. The Art of Courtly Love

By: John Jay Parry , None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

After becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the 12th century, the social sy… read more

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13. The Book of the City of Ladies

By: Christine de Pizan , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

In dialogues with three celestial ladies, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice, Christine de Pizan (1365-… read more

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14. The Marrow of Tradition

By: Charles W. Chesnutt

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an author, essayist and political activist whose works addresse… read more

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15. The Book of the Duchess

By: Geoffrey Chaucer

4.46

Format: 192 pages,

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16. The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one vo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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17. Pearl

By: Siân Hughes

3.91

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

A haunting debut novel inspired by the medieval poem of the same name Marianne is eight years ol… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
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18. Blossomise

By: Simon Armitage

4.22

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its mela… read more

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  • poetry
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19. Pearl: A New Verse Translation

By: Unknown

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Winner • PEN Award for Poetry in Translation  From the acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the G… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • 14th century
  • british literature
  • literature
  • christianity
  • college
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
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20. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

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  • fiction
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

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21. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

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  • fiction
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

8 Best fiction books like Pearl: A New Verse Translation by Unknown

Transform Your Habits

The Comedy of Errors

William Shakespeare

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Armadale

John Sutherland , Wilkie Collins

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Parliament of Birds

Geoffrey Chaucer , Steve Ellis , None

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.32

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14 must-read fiction books like Armadale by John Sutherland, Wilkie Collins

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East Lynne

Mrs. Henry Wood , Elisabeth Jay

3.73

Transform Your Habits

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John Sutherland , Wilkie Collins

3.94

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Anthony Trollope

None

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Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens , Hablot Knight Browne , None , John Bowen

3.72

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