5 Best 19th century books like Legender by August Strindberg

Cover of Legender by August Strindberg

Legender

By: August Strindberg

3.43

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Nationalupplagan av August Strindbergs samlade verk nr 38. Efter den självbiografiska romanen I…

If you liked the 19th century plot in Legender by August Strindberg , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, Robin Buss

1. Thérèse Raquin

By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss

3.73

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of… read more

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  • 19th century
"Quando non c’è più speranza nel futuro, il presente si colora di una spaventosa amarezza."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir a jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait : ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais troublé leur vie."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

"They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist."

-Émile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

By: Stephen King

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland strays from the path while she and her recently divorced mother and … read more

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5. The Dice Man

By: Luke Rhinehart

4.34

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

The cult classic that can still change your life...Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that… read more

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6. Tonio Kröger

By: Thomas Mann , J. White

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A title in the Bristol Classical Press German Texts series, in German with English notes, vocabular… read more

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"A felicidade é amar e talvez colher pequenas aproximações ilusórias da pessoa amada."

-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger

"What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes."

-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger

"Vuole credere lei che sarei orgoglioso e felice di possedere un amico tra gli uomini? Ma fino ad ora ho avuto amici solo tra demoni, farfarelli, mostri oscuri e fantasmi afasiaci, vale a dire: tra le…"

-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger

"ბედნიერება იმაში კი არ არის, რომ უყვარდეთ; ეს გაძლევს მხოლოდ კმაყოფილების გრძნობას. იყო ბედნიერი - ნიშნავს გიყვარდეს, დაიჭირო წარმავალი, შესაძლოა მაცდური წამიერი გაელვებები, შენი სიყვარულის ობიექტის …"

-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger

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7. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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  • 19th century
"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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8. 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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  • 19th century
"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

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9. 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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  • 19th century
"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

10. The End of Eddy

By: Édouard Louis , None

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The most talked-about European novel since My Struggle--a sexually frank, brutally honest coming-of… read more

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11. Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

3.99

Format: 284 pages, Paperback

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the inf… read more

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12. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

By: Stephen King

3.96

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more

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13. Cujo

By: Stephen King

3.79

Format: 432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante … read more

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"The monster nevers dies."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"There is no bad time for good news."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"No hago más que percibirle... sentirle... en todos los rincones."

-Stephen King, Cujo

"Aspiraba el olor de la locura en un viento que aún no había llegado."

-Stephen King, Cujo

14. Gift

By: Tove Ditlevsen , Dy Plambeck

3.00

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

I sin tredje erindringsbog vender Tove Ditlevsen tilbage til sin ungdom og fortaeller om det kaerli… read more

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15. Om udregning af rumfang I

By: Solvej Balle

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

''Om udregning af rumfang I'' er første del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i genr… read more

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16. Verkligheten

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.32

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

Heidi Hallberg är stjärna i den populära realityshowen Hemma med Hallbergs och hon och hennes famil… read more

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  • swedish literature
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17. Löpa varg

By: Kerstin Ekman

3.97

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Då kom han ut. Han gjorde det med en självklarhet som var lätt att begripa; den här världen var ju … read more

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  • swedish literature
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18. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • swedish literature
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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19. Skriften i vattnet (Blodstormen, #1)

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.40

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Det är midsommarafton och bordet på bryggan är dukat med finporslinet. Affärsmannen Olof Helanders … read more

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  • swedish literature
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20. Där solen aldrig går ned: hur världens mest sorgsna land gjorde världen syndigare

By: Henrik Brandão Jönsson

4.02

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

Med avstamp i de sju dödssynderna beger sig Henrik Brandão Jönsson ut på en jordenruntresa för att … read more

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21. Eurotrash

By: Christian Kracht

3.67

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

»I’ll see you in twenty-five years.« Laura Palmer. »Also, ich musste wieder auf ein paar Tage na… read more

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22. Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat

By: Clara Törnvall

4.02

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Varför skrev poeten Emily Dickinson dikter om havet utan att någonsin ha sett det, varför är Underl… read more

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"But deficits and disabilities only exist in relation to an environment where some other way of functioning has been chosen as the yardstick. An autistic person - or one with any form of otherness - o…"

-Clara Törnvall, Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat

"Yet the autistic woman is not masking with the intention of being deceitful. Her true self is invisible even to her own person. She is masking to fit in, and doing so unconsciously. Often, she doesn'…"

-Clara Törnvall, Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat

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23. Sveas son

By: Lena Andersson

3.65

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

En berättelse om folkhemmet. ”Jag ville skriva en bok om en människa av det slag som gjorde folk… read more

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  • swedish literature
Cover of Legender by August Strindberg

24. Legender

By: August Strindberg

3.43

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Nationalupplagan av August Strindbergs samlade verk nr 38. Efter den självbiografiska romanen I… read more

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