13 must-read classics books like History of a six weeks' tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with letters descriptive of a sail round the Lake of Geneva, and of the glaciers of Chamouni by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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History of a six weeks' tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with letters descriptive of a sail round the Lake of Geneva, and of the glaciers of Chamouni

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.24

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections…

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1. Daisy Miller

By: Henry James

3.37

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South les… read more

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"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma"

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

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2. The Old Nurse's Story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

Format: 53 pages, Paperback

Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upo… read more

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"You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, The Old Nurse's Story

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3. The House on the Strand

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.83

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agre… read more

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"The world of today asleep, and my world not awakened, or not as yet, until the drug possessed me."

-Daphne du Maurier, The House on the Strand

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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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  • classics
"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

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5. Woman Much Missed

By: Thomas Hardy

3.59

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

'Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me...' After the death of his wife Emma, a grief… read more

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  • classics
"Soon will be growing Green blades from her mound, And daisies be showing Like stars on the ground, Till she form part of them - Ay - the sweet heart of them, Loved beyond measure With a child's pleas…"

-Thomas Hardy, Woman Much Missed

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6. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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  • classics
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7. Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

3.87

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more

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"I was quiet, but I was not blind."

-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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8. On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)

By: Cleo Coyle

1.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Introducing a delightful new series featuring Clare Cosi, manager of the historic Village Blend cof… read more

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9. Romancero gitano

By: Federico García Lorca

3.66

Format: None pages,

El "Romancero gitano" difunde el nombre de su autor por todo el ambito de la literatura de nuestra … read more

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  • classics
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10. Cloud Howe

By: Lewis Grassic Gibbon

3.67

Format: 364 pages,

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), a Scottish writer. Mit… read more

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11. Shirley

By: Charlotte Brontë , Lucasta Miller , None , Jessica Cox

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre,which earned her lifelong notoriety as a mora… read more

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12. The Turn of the Screw

By: Henry James

3.39

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more

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"When I'm bad I am bad !"

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"He fairly glittered in the gloom."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"There was something between them." "There was everything."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

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13. Kiss of the Spider Woman

By: Manuel Puig

4.01

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glitt… read more

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"¿Qué pasa que a veces alguien dice algo y conquista para siempre a otra persona?"

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...It's that you think it's forever, that one's never ever going to feel unhappy again."

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"– Io non ci credo alla faccenda del godi e non pensare al domani, Molina. Nessuno gode senza pensare al domani. Va bene solo per il paradiso terrestre."

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"—And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? —I don't know, but sometimes that kind of be…"

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

14. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more

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15. The Book of Tea

By: Kakuzō Okakura

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add gra… read more

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16. Cathedral

By: Raymond Carver

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Raymond Carver's third collection of stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, including the cano… read more

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17. El vampiro. La familia del vurdalak

By: Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

La corriente literaria que arranca del romanticismo y que hizo del vampiro una figura cuya populari… read more

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18. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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19. My Dear Cassandra

By: Jane Austen , Penelope Hughes-Hallett

3.88

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

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20. Poeta chileno

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.39

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

En Santiago de Chile, a principios de los años noventa del pasado siglo, dos quinceañeros, Gonzalo … read more

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"fumar rabiosamente y aguantar las lágrimas, lo que no era fácil, porque fumar y llorar son actividades complementarias"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"Decir que eso la felicidad: nunca sentir que sería mejor estar en otra parte, nunca sentir que sería mejor ser alguien más. Otra persona. Alguien más joven, más viejo. Alguien mejor."

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"El padre señala con sutileza y autoridad la forma correcta de patear la pelota, porque el padre sabe de esas cosas. El padre se deja ganar, porque para ser un buen padre hay que dejarse ganar. Ser pa…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"It is better to write than not to write. Poetry is subversive because it exposes you, tears you apart. You dare to distrust yourself. You dare to disobey. That's the idea, to disobey everyone. Disobe…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

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21. Ceniza en la boca

By: Brenda Navarro

4.07

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Diego salta desde un quinto piso y desde entonces esa imagen no deja de taladrarle la cabeza a su h… read more

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22. Exteriors

By: Annie Ernaux

3.57

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Taking the form of random journal entries over the course of seven years, Exteriors concentrates on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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23. El libro del sepulturero (El sepulturero, #1)

By: Oliver Pötzsch

3.94

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Misterio, venganza y muerte en la Viena de 1893 En el Prater, el parque más importante de la ciu… read more

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24. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

By: Fred Fordham

4.40

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

‘Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird… read more

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  • classics
"He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me."

-Fred Fordham, To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

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25. Full spredning

By: Nina Lykke

3.69

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Ingen kjenner understrømmene i befolkningen så godt som en fastlege. Jeg har vært gjennom alt samme… read more

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26. Rialto, 11: Naufragios y pecios de una librería

By: Belén Rubiano

3.79

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Un día de principios de otoño de 2002, la luz de una pequeña y recóndita librería de la plaza del R… read more

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"(…) no eran pocos los que leían como si fuese un consuelo de todo lo que le falta y le sobra a la vida real."

-Belén Rubiano, Rialto, 11: Naufragios y pecios de una librería

"Pasaron algunos años, muy pocos, y con ellos muchas cosas. Las mismas que se viven de una manera y se piensan luego de otra. Es lo que tiene andar recordando tu propia vida según los hechos, que no a…"

-Belén Rubiano, Rialto, 11: Naufragios y pecios de una librería

"Se anhela lo que nunca se ha tenido y se añora lo que se tuvo y se perdió. Hay tanta buena suerte en todos los rincones del verbo añorar que si la juventud no está para arruinarte por pagar su uso, n…"

-Belén Rubiano, Rialto, 11: Naufragios y pecios de una librería

"Como el hombre es un animal en busca de sentido y de señales, beberá mucho café, arrugará mucho su frente y fumará muchos cigarrillos intentando dar una respuesta a este enigma. Pero no la tiene, os …"

-Belén Rubiano, Rialto, 11: Naufragios y pecios de una librería

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27. Sofoco

By: Laura Ortiz Gómez

4.31

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

En Sofoco, los personajes respiran aires de anhelo y amenaza. Estos nueve cuentos recorren paisajes… read more

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28. A Sunny Place for Shady People

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more

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29. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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30. History of a six weeks' tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with letters descriptive of a sail round the Lake of Geneva, and of the glaciers of Chamouni

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.24

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections… read more

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  • classics
  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • read for school
  • nonfiction
  • romanticism

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