16 best-selling classics books like The Grave by Guy de Maupassant

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The Grave

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.48

Format: 122 pages, None

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If you liked the classics plot in The Grave by Guy de Maupassant , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, Inga Moore

1. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

Cover of Kallocain by Karin Boye, Gustaf Lannestock, Richard B. Vowles

2. Kallocain

By: Karin Boye , Gustaf Lannestock , Richard B. Vowles

3.72

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detac… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså m…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"На стіні висіли чутливе «поліційне вухо» й «поліційне око», таке саме зірке в темряві, як і при світлі. Ніхто не заперечить того, що ці органи дуже потрібні. Якби не вони, скільки помешкань могло б с…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Попри те, цього вечора не годилося поводитися понуро й сумувати. На урочистостях, присвячених примноженню добра й достатку Держави, має панувати піднесений настрій. Мабуть, моя доля пішла б іншим шля…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

"Збуджена, приязно налаштована юрба озвалася на мої слова бурею оплесків і схвальних вигуків. Але я бачив, що не всі аплодували. Коли плеще в долоні тисяча, а двоє сидять склавши руки, то ці двоє пере…"

-Karin Boye, Kallocain

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3. The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"Quoth the raven nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Cover of The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

4. The Overcoat

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.15

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"

-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat

Cover of Tomten by Viktor Rydberg, Harald Wiberg

5. Tomten

By: Viktor Rydberg , Harald Wiberg

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Midvinternattens kold ar hard, stjarnorna gnistra och glimma. Alla sova i enslig gard djupt under m… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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6. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
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7. The Bet

By: Anton Chekhov

5.00

Format: 160 pages, ebook

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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8. Meno

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube

4.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • classics
Cover of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Byron Glaser, None

9. 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

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
"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

Cover of Pälsen by Hjalmar Söderberg

10. Pälsen

By: Hjalmar Söderberg

3.50

Format: None pages, ebook

Sakert skulle hustrun ater alska honom, om han vore kladd i pals. Det var en kall vinter det aret. … read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

11. Lucy

By: Jamaica Kincaid

4.02

Format: None pages,

The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in pape… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude

12. 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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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"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

13. On the Shortness of Life

By: Seneca , Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the im… read more

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14. Frid på jorden

By: Selma Lagerlöf

2.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Med ens forstar far varfor han inte har kunnat finna ut vad det ar han ser. Den, som star vid dorre… read more

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15. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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16. Ulysses

By: James Joyce

3.75

Format: 925 pages, Paperback

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Shite and onions!"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Let my country die for me."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Be just before you are generous."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

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17. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

A short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"I want to suffer so that I may love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"How anxiously I yearned for those I had forsake"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

"أصبحت فجأة لا أغضب من الناس، بل ما عدت ألاحظ وجودهم."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

18. Foucault in 90 Minutes

By: Paul Strathern

4.23

Format: 400 pages,

In Foucault in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Foucault's life and i… read more

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19. Gorgias

By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more

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20. Down and Out in Paris and London

By: George Orwell

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more

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21. Ett testamente från helvetet

By: Kristina Ohlsson

4.43

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Precis innan 30-ariga Margot ska uppratta ett testamente med sin advokat forsvinner hon sparlost fr… read more

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22. Jag ringer mina bröder

By: Jonas Hassen Khemiri

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

En bil har exploderat i Stockholm. Amor irrar runt i en polisfylld, paranoid stad pa jakt efter en … read more

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23. Lappin och Lapinova

By: Virginia Woolf , Alva Dahl

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

Rosalind och Ernest Thorburn har gift sig i London under pompa och stat. Men Rosalind har svart att… read more

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24. The Survivors

By: Alex Schulman

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Dinner and Atonement, an instant international sensation sold in over 30 countri… read more

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  • fiction
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25. 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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26. Bränn alla mina brev

By: Alex Schulman

3.98

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Tre tidsperspektiv. Två generationer. En hemlighet. Det är 1989 och Alex är på ett ödesdigert be… read more

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"Ett människosorl som är nära men ändå så långt borta att ingen förväntar sig av henne att hon ska delta i det. Det är här hon vill vara. Ensam tillsammans med andra. I mitten av allt, men ändå utanför"

-Alex Schulman, Bränn alla mina brev

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27. Skärmhjärnan

By: Anders Hansen

3.92

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Den psykiska ohälsan håller på att ta över som det stora hälsohotet i vår tid. Ett högt tempo, kons… read more

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28. Hundmanuskripten

By: Jon Fosse

3.08

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

"Relationen mellan hund och människa har jag inte sett skildras med sådan perfekt tonträff tidigare… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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29. Ett halvt ark papper

By: August Strindberg

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Ett halvt ark papper är en mycket kort novell av August Strindberg, samtidigt lyckas han på ett mäs… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of Upp och ner: En överlevnadshandbok för bipolär sjukdom by Henrik Wahlström

30. Upp och ner: En överlevnadshandbok för bipolär sjukdom

By: Henrik Wahlström

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

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31. The Grave

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.48

Format: 122 pages, None

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  • short stories
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  • horror

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Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

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3.72

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4.29

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4.15

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4.02

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Solvej Balle

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4.38

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