7 Top short stories books like Riquet à La Houppe by Charles Perrault

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Riquet à La Houppe

By: Charles Perrault

3.40

Format: 48 pages, Print on Demand (Paperback)

Minicontes classiques.

If you liked the short stories plot in Riquet à La Houppe by Charles Perrault , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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  • classics
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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2. Los vecinos mueren en las novelas

By: Sergio Aguirre

3.85

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

"Porque todo comenzará así: un hombre que tiene por costumbre visitar a sus nuevos vecinos llega a … read more

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3. Pinocchio

By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Pinocchio book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • fairy tales
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fantasy
"Hunger is the best cook."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

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4. The Cricket on the Hearth

By: Charles Dickens

3.45

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

Dickens gave his first formal expression to his Christmas thoughts in his series of small books, th… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • short stories
"I must bear the consequences as I deserve!"

-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth

"Gruff and Tackleton was also there, doing the agreeable; with the evident sensation of being as perfectly at home, and as unquestionably in his own element, as a fresh young salmon on the top of the …"

-Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth

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5. El almohadón de plumas

By: Horacio Quiroga

4.04

Format: 14 pages, Kindle Edition

El almohadón de plumas es un cuento del escritor uruguayo Horacio Quiroga, publicado en el libro Cu… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • short stories
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6. El espejo africano

By: Liliana Bodoc

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Paperback

Esta es la historia de un espejo de ebano tallado en Africa, obsequio de bodas de Imaoma para su es… read more

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  • short stories
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7. 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
  • france
  • french literature
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8. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • classics
"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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9. Riquet à la houppe

By: Amélie Nothomb

4.88

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

<> Avec Riquet a la houppe, elle nous revient avec un conte pour adultes ou le laid et brillant Deo… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
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10. The Castle

By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more

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  • classics
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11. Marie Stuart

By: Stefan Zweig , Alzir Hella

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Reine d'Ecosse a l'age de six jours, en 1542, puis reine de France a dix-sept ans par son mariage a… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Zweig's Marie Stuart book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • classics
Cover of A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Kevin Blahut, None, Helen Vlcnovska

12. A Hunger Artist

By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None , Helen Vlcnovska

3.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The last book published during Kafka's lifetime, A Hunger Artist(1924) explores many of the themes … read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
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13. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

Similar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • classics
  • short stories
"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

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14. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Franz Kafka's The Trial book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • classics
"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

15. The Boy on the Wooden Box

By: Leon Leyson

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Even in the darkest of times--especiallyin the darkest of times--there is room for strength and bra… read more

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16. 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

Similar categories in Stendhal's The Red and the Black book and Charles Perrault's Riquet à La Houppe

  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
"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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17. Bel-Ami

By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
"In fact living is dying."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"The only certainty is death."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

"I drink to the victory of the mind over the millions."

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami

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18. A Man's Place

By: Annie Ernaux

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."

-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place

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19. El peligro de estar cuerda

By: Rosa Montero

4.13

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Partiendo de su experiencia personal y de la lectura de numerosos libros de psicología, neurocienci… read more

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"Y se llega a sufrir tanto que en algunos momentos hasta preferirías estar muerto, un perfecto ejemplo de razonamiento cortocircuitado: te espanta la muerte y para no sufrir ese espanto escogerías mor…"

-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda

"Tengo un problema de falta de atención, lo cual, contra lo que muchos creen, no quiere decir que no puedas concentrarte, sino que te concentras tanto en algunos pensamientos que te olvidas de todo lo…"

-Rosa Montero, El peligro de estar cuerda

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20. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • france
  • french literature
  • fantasy
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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21. Riquet à La Houppe

By: Charles Perrault

3.40

Format: 48 pages, Print on Demand (Paperback)

Minicontes classiques. read more

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  • fairy tales
  • classics
  • childrens
  • short stories
  • france
  • french literature
  • fantasy

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