8 Best classics books like Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony by James Otis

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Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony

By: James Otis

3.76

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

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If you liked the classics plot in Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony by James Otis , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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  • classics
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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2. Blood on the River: James Town 1607

By: Elisa Carbone

3.84

Format: 135 pages,

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the… read more

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3. Wessex Tales

By: Thomas Hardy

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

In addition to his great "Wessex Novels," Thomas Hardy wrote "Wessex Tales" (1896), a collection of… read more

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  • classics
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4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.12

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more

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"Sorrow is dangerous."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Magic and madness are link after all."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"It was wrong not to be curious, it was wrong not to wonder."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

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5. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

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  • classics
"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

6. Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves, #6)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

3.72

Format: 272 pages,

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more

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7. The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.11

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more

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  • classics

8. Two on a Tower

By: Thomas Hardy

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful y… read more

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9. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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  • classics
"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."

-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

10. The Red Badge of Courage

By: Stephen Crane

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more

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11. Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)

By: Gary Paulsen

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Brian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane … read more

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12. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more

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  • classics
"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

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13. Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

By: Alan Brennert

4.12

Format: 309 pages, ebook

This companion tale to Moloka'i tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama—quarantine… read more

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"We are together, all else can be endured."

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"Let the things of long ago drift away on the water"

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"Her grief was a storm, a driving rain falling too fast to be absorbed"

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

"There might be more to the universe than any one religion could explain."

-Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)

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14. The Dragon's Bride (A Deal With a Demon, #1)

By: Katee Robert

3.67

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Briar Rose might have a name out of a storybook, but she learned at a very young age that no prince… read more

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15. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

By: Freya Marske

3.96

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more

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" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

" You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you…"

-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)

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16. Humble Calvinism

By: J.A. Medders

4.52

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Humble Calvinism is both a helpful summary of what Calvinism is, and a helpful challenge to those w… read more

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17. Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony

By: James Otis

3.76

Format: 114 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • classics
  • history

18. Roll Call (The Collected Works of Arnold Bennett)

By: Arnold Bennett

3.77

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The Roll-Call: Large Print by Arnold Bennett Follows the career of George Cannon, Hilda Lessway's s… read more

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  • classics

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George Gissing

3.78

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Joseph Conrad

3.59

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Virginia Woolf

3.80

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