6 Top fiction books like The Abbot by Walter Scott

Cover of The Abbot by Walter Scott

The Abbot

By: Walter Scott

3.60

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

"The course of life to which Mary and her little retinue were doomed, was in the last degree seclud…

"Sleep, like other earthly blessings, is niggard of its favours when most courted."

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

"Sleep, like other earthly blessings, is niggard of its favours when most courted."

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

"As every reader has experienced who may have chanced to be in such a situation, it is extremely difficult to maintain the full dignity of an offended person, in the presence of a beautiful girl, whatever reason we may have for being angry with her."

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

"As every reader has experienced who may have chanced to be in such a situation, it is extremely difficult to maintain the full dignity of an offended person, in the presence of a beautiful girl, whatever reason we may have for being angry with her."

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

If you liked the fiction plot in The Abbot by Walter Scott , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Sharpe's Honor (Sharpe, #16) by Bernard Cornwell

1. Sharpe's Honor (Sharpe, #16)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.00

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Honor (Sharpe, #16) book and Walter Scott's The Abbot

  • fiction
  • historical fiction

2. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more

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3. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

By: Oscar Wilde

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim… read more

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4. Three Sisters, Three Queens (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #8)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.68

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other's hearts. "There is … read more

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5. A Room with a View

By: E.M. Forster

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more

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Cover of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Henry Gifford

6. 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

Similar categories in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace book and Walter Scott's The Abbot

  • 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

7. A Clergyman's Daughter

By: George Orwell

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutif… read more

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8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)

By: Stieg Larsson , Reg Keeland

4.21

Format: 539 pages,

The stunning third and final novel in Stieg Larsson's internationally best-selling trilogy. Lisbeth… read more

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Cover of Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1) by L.J. Ross

9. Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1)

By: L.J. Ross

4.01

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take … read more

Similar categories in L.J. Ross's Holy Island (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #1) book and Walter Scott's The Abbot

  • fiction
  • british literature

10. The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebra… read more

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  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3) by Kate Mosse

11. The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)

By: Kate Mosse

4.05

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Next in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling series, New York Times bestselling author Kate Mosse return… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Abbot by Walter Scott

12. The Abbot

By: Walter Scott

3.60

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

"The course of life to which Mary and her little retinue were doomed, was in the last degree seclud… read more

Similar categories in Walter Scott's The Abbot book and Walter Scott's The Abbot

  • classics
  • british literature
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Sleep, like other earthly blessings, is niggard of its favours when most courted."

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

"As every reader has experienced who may have chanced to be in such a situation, it is extremely difficult to maintain the full dignity of an offended person, in the presence of a beautiful girl, what…"

-Walter Scott, The Abbot

21 Top fiction books like The Rising Tide (Vera Stanhope, #10) by Ann Cleeves

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Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

Ian Rankin

4.20

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