13 must-read literature books like Han d'Islande by Victor Hugo

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Han d'Islande

By: Victor Hugo

3.64

Format: 570 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Le premier roman de "l'enfant sublime" : Hugo n'a guère plus de vingt ans lorsqu'il l'achève, et Ha…

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Cover of The Histories by Herodotus, Aubrey de Sélincourt, John M. Marincola

1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

Cover of Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak

2. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

Cover of Lalka by Bolesław Prus

3. Lalka

By: Bolesław Prus

3.82

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Lalka ukazała się pierwotnie w odcinkach na łamach warszawskiego "Kuriera Codziennego", stanowiąc d… read more

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  • 19th century
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Toteż mając lat osiemnaście, panna Izabela tyranizowała mężczyzn chłodem."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Przez rok cierpiałem na jakąś chorobę mózgową, a zdawało mi się, że jestem zakochany."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bo widzisz, najgorszą samotnością nie jest ta, która otacza człowieka, ale ta pustka w nim samym."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bywają wielkie zbrodnie na świecie, ale chyba największą jest zabić miłość. Tyle lat upłynęło, prawie pół wieku ; wszystko przeszło: majątek, tytuły, młodość, szczęście... Sam tylko żal nie przeszedł…"

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

Cover of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

4. The Castle of Otranto

By: Horace Walpole

3.18

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"My soul abhors a falsehood"

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"This life is but a pilgrimage."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

Cover of The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs

5. The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant … read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, John Carey

6. Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Edited by John Carey. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • 19th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg, Wioletta Grzegorzewska, Eliza Marciniak

7. Swallowing Mercury

By: Wioletta Greg , Wioletta Grzegorzewska , Eliza Marciniak

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Wiola lives in a close-knit agricultural community. Wiola has a black cat called Blackie. Wiola's f… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pan Wołodyjowski by Henryk Sienkiewicz

8. Pan Wołodyjowski

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Pan Wolodyjowski jest ostatnia powiescia Trylogii (pozostale to Ogniem i mieczem i Potop). Akcja to… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath

9. The Colossus and Other Poems

By: Sylvia Plath

3.31

Format: 267 pages,

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, Sylvia Raphael, Christopher Prendergast

10. Eugénie Grandet

By: Honoré de Balzac , Sylvia Raphael , Christopher Prendergast

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?" This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabi… read more

Similar categories in Honoré de Balzac's Eugénie Grandet book and Victor Hugo's Han d'Islande

  • roman
  • classics
  • literature
  • 19th century
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Misery begets equality."

-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

"[...] ironia este însușirea fundamentală a providenței"

-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

"Bilgisi arttıktan sonra, erdem de günah kadar hesap yapar."

-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

"این نقطه اشتراک زن ها و فرشته هاست. رنج بشریت مال آن هاست."

-Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

11. Electra

By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction

12. Between the Acts

By: Virginia Woolf

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Woolf's last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart o… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
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13. The Sot-Weed Factor

By: John Barth

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Considered by critics to be Barth's most distinguished masterpiece, The Sot-Weed Factorhas acquired… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Unknown Masterpiece by Arthur C. Danto, Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard

14. The Unknown Masterpiece

By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
Cover of The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhoun

15. The Leopard

By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Archibald Colquhoun

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, h… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"While there’s death there’s hope"

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"La eternidad amorosa dura pocos años."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

"Nothing could be decently hated except eternity."

-Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

16. W małym dworku

By: None

4.03

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

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17. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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18. Potop

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

Potop, druga z powiesci tworzacych Trylogie, przedstawia dzieje Polski w dobie najazdu Szwedow (165… read more

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19. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)

By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

(1939 translation) read more

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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
  • 19th century
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • 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)

Cover of Han d'Islande by Victor Hugo

21. Han d'Islande

By: Victor Hugo

3.64

Format: 570 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Le premier roman de "l'enfant sublime" : Hugo n'a guère plus de vingt ans lorsqu'il l'achève, et Ha… read more

Similar categories in Victor Hugo's Han d'Islande book and Victor Hugo's Han d'Islande

  • roman
  • classics
  • literature
  • 19th century
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy

16 must-read fiction books like Han d'Islande by Victor Hugo

Transform Your Habits

Quo Vadis

Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Lalka

Bolesław Prus

3.82

Transform Your Habits

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

3.18

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The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

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Transform Your Habits

The Tale of Mr. Tod (World of Beatrix Potter, #18)

Beatrix Potter

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

Beatrix Potter

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (World of Beatrix Potter, #12)

Beatrix Potter

4.05

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The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.78

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