8 Top classics books like The Pretenders by Henrik Ibsen

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The Pretenders

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

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1. Song of Solomon

By: Toni Morrison

4.14

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Her passions were narrow but deep."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"He can't value you more than you value yourself."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"

-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

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2. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Père Goriot

By: Honoré de Balzac

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

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4. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
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5. Hvitt Hav (Ingrid Barrøy, #2)

By: Roy Jacobsen

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"...huset var blitt mindre, dorene lavere, vinduene smalere; lukta av mennesker hadde sittet som ma… read more

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  • drama
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Innocent Erendira and Other Stories

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The stories are rich and startling in their matter and confident in their manner....They are--the … read more

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7. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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8. Out Stealing Horses

By: Per Petterson , Anne Born

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

We were going out stealing horses. That was what he said, standing at the door to the cabin where I… read more

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9. Hunger

By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton

4.05

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Yoksul aydın, zengin aydından çok daha kuvvetli görür.(s.128)"

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing."

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!"

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

"Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity."

-Knut Hamsun, Hunger

10. Mysteries

By: Knut Hamsun

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling … read more

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11. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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12. The Red and the Black

By: Stendhal , None

3.86

Format: 577 pages, Paperback

Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"A good book is an event in my life."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."

-Stendhal, The Red and the Black

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13. War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford

4.16

Format: 1392 pages, Paperback

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"God is the same everywhere."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Kings are the slaves of history."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Everything depends on upbringing. "

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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14. De usynlige (Ingrid Barrøy, #1)

By: Roy Jacobsen

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ingrid vokser opp på en øy. Havet er hennes eventyr. Fisken, stormen, fattigdommen. Hun eier årstid… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...once you settle on an island, you never leave, an island holds on to what it has with all its might and main."

-Roy Jacobsen, De usynlige (Ingrid Barrøy, #1)

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15. The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

By: Maja Lunde

3.81

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut fol… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We are nothing without passion."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"You do know he loves to write. He always has."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"Without knowledge we are nothing.without knowledge we are animals."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

"لم تستطع أن تبقي أصابعها بعيدة عنه؛ بعد أن تراكمت أشهرٌ من الحنين -إليه- في يديها."

-Maja Lunde, The History of Bees (Klimakvartetten, #1)

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16. Nattskolen (Morgenstjernen, #4)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.37

Format: 484 pages, Hardcover

Årets roman fra Karl Ove Knausgård, «Nattskolen», inngår i det store Morgenstjernen-verket som åpne… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Gjentakelsen

By: Vigdis Hjorth

4.17

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Gjentakelsen er en rå og heftig framstilling av ungt liv. En voksen kvinne ser tilbake på seg selv … read more

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  • fiction
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18. Da vi var yngre

By: Oliver Lovrenski

4.27

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Ivor vokser opp for raskt og savner det han aldri har hatt. Med seg har han Marco, Arjan og Jonas. … read more

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  • fiction
"de sier brødre? dere ække brødre, dere ikke er familie engang, men om vi ikke er familie, hvorfor er vi dem vi ringer hver gang ikke vi kan ringe noen andre, hvorfor er vi dem som er der når ingen an…"

-Oliver Lovrenski, Da vi var yngre

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19. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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20. Man skulle nok have været der

By: Thomas Korsgaard

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Tue bærer alle sine ting ned til storskrald. Udlejeren på Frederiksberg har smidt ham ud, og han ha… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Jävla karlar

By: Andrev Walden

4.07

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more

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  • fiction
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."

-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar

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22. The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

3.94

Format: 666 pages, Hardcover

It's a normal night in August. Literature professor Arne and artist Tove are with their children at… read more

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  • fiction
"The priest who once supervised me as a student had once said to me that a person only has to step sideways for everything to look different. He'd been talking about the priest's role as a director of…"

-Karl Ove Knausgård, The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)

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23. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.03

Format: 800 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more

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  • fiction
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24. The Third Realm (Morgenstjernen, #3)

By: Karl Ove Knausgård

4.33

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a kaleidoscopic novel about human nature in the face o… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Lungeflyteprøven - forsvar for en ung kvinne som var mistenkt for spedbarnsdrap

By: Tore Renberg

3.86

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

Sachsen, 1681: Femten år gamle Anna Voigt tiltales for å ha drept sitt nyfødte barn. Blir hun kjent… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"For å tre inn i Gleditsch' bokhandel. Hyllemeter på hyllemeter med bøker. Himmelen slik den fortoner seg på jorden."

-Tore Renberg, Lungeflyteprøven - forsvar for en ung kvinne som var mistenkt for spedbarnsdrap

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26. Min far & Kvinnan

By: Annie Ernaux

4.01

Format: 173 pages, Hardcover

Há pouco tempo, compreendi que o romance é impossível. Para revelar uma vida sujeita à necessidade,… read more

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27. Sten i siden

By: Mikael Niemi

4.16

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Under ett grävarbete på myren utanför Pajala hittas några förmultnade kvarlevor. De tycks ha legat … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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28. Hafni fortæller

By: Helle Helle

3.72

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Hafni fortæller... at hun skal skilles. Hun ringer fra en rasteplads til romanens egentlige for… read more

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  • fiction
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29. Diskomus på venteværelset

By: Kamilla Danielsen

3.85

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Eivor er trettifire år og bor alene. Jobben hennes er ubetydelig, livet hennes er ubetydelig, og ei… read more

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  • fiction
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30. The Pretenders

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.79

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free s… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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31. Vi er brødrene Eikemo

By: Marit Eikemo

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Det er lys i vindauget i tredje etasje i Berjaflotvegen 9. Der står Per Eikemo, 86 år gammal, og se… read more

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Toni Morrison

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3.69

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3.85

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