5 must-read philosophy books like The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Joel Rotenberg

Cover of The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Joel Rotenberg

The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

By: Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Joel Rotenberg

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Hugo von Hoffmannsthal made his mark as a poet, as a playwright, and as the librettist for Richard …

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Joel Rotenberg , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Così Fan Tutti (Aurelio Zen, #5) by Michael Dibdin

1. Così Fan Tutti (Aurelio Zen, #5)

By: Michael Dibdin

3.64

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the ru… read more

Similar categories in Michael Dibdin's Così Fan Tutti (Aurelio Zen, #5) book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • fiction
Cover of The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien

2. The Third Policeman

By: Flann O'Brien

3.97

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death… read more

Similar categories in Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"My father...was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

"Thoughts which have no chance of succeeding do not take the trouble to come into your head at all."

-Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman

Cover of Orientalism by None, Edward W. Said

3. Orientalism

By: None , Edward W. Said

4.12

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more

Similar categories in None's Orientalism book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • philosophy
  • classics
"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."

-None, Orientalism

"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."

-None, Orientalism

"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."

-None, Orientalism

"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."

-None, Orientalism

Cover of Unterm Birnbaum by Theodor Fontane, Kurt Schreinert, Irene Ruttmann

4. Unterm Birnbaum

By: Theodor Fontane , Kurt Schreinert , Irene Ruttmann

3.05

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Fontane verfasste die Novelle im Zeitraum von 1883 bis April 1885. Als Kriminalgeschichte galt sie … read more

Similar categories in Theodor Fontane's Unterm Birnbaum book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

5. Pale Fire

By: Vladimir Nabokov

3.98

Format: 574 pages,

The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amus… read more

Similar categories in Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Los enamoramientos by Javier Marías

6. Los enamoramientos

By: Javier Marías

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

<> Asi comienza Los enamoramientos, la nueva novela de Javier Marias, consagrado como uno de los me… read more

Similar categories in Javier Marías's Los enamoramientos book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • fiction
Cover of A Heart So White by Javier Marías, Margaret Jull Costa

7. A Heart So White

By: Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa

4.02

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Javier Marías's A Heart So White chronicles w… read more

Similar categories in Javier Marías's A Heart So White book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"No es fácil saber por qué se mata la gente, ni los más próximos, todo el mundo está trastornado, todo el mundo las pasa putas, a veces sin causa y casi siempre en secreto, la gente vuelve cara contra…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"Casi todo el mundo se avergüenza de su juventud, no es muy cierto que se añore como se dice, más bien se relega o rehúye y con facilidad o esfuerzo se confina el origen a la esfera de los malos sueño…"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

"I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if …"

-Javier Marías, A Heart So White

Cover of Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler, F.H. Lyon

8. Fräulein Else

By: Arthur Schnitzler , F.H. Lyon

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A young woman is contacted by her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by visi… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Schnitzler's Fräulein Else book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of Huzur by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

9. Huzur

By: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Tanpinar, kulturumuzu bir "ic alem medeniyeti"nin tezahuru olarak gorur. Bu medeniyeti, belirli bir… read more

Similar categories in Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's Huzur book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Lenz by None, Georg Büchner, Johann Friedrich Oberlin

10. Lenz

By: None , Georg Büchner , Johann Friedrich Oberlin

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lenz, Georg Buchner's visionary exploration of an 18th century playwright's descent into madness, g… read more

Similar categories in None's Lenz book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • literature
Cover of The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield, Lorna Sage

11. The Garden Party and Other Stories

By: Katherine Mansfield , Lorna Sage

3.97

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party and Other Stories book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • classics
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of Peter Camenzind by Hermann Hesse, None

12. Peter Camenzind

By: Hermann Hesse , None

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to th… read more

Similar categories in Hermann Hesse's Peter Camenzind book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • literature
Cover of The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass

13. The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Stephen Mitchell , Robert Hass

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parallel German text and English translation. The influence and popularity of Rilke's poetry in Ame… read more

Similar categories in Rainer Maria Rilke's The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of The Piano Teacher by Joachim Neugroschel, Elfriede Jelinek

14. The Piano Teacher

By: Joachim Neugroschel , Elfriede Jelinek

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

The Piano Teacher,the most famous novel of Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize i… read more

Similar categories in Joachim Neugroschel's The Piano Teacher book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • literature
Cover of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, Michael Cunningham, Michael Henry Heim

15. Death in Venice

By: Thomas Mann , Michael Cunningham , Michael Henry Heim

3.74

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • fiction
  • classics
  • literature
"Nothing gladdens a writer more than a thought that can become pure feeling and a feeling that can become pure thought."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Denn der Mensch liebt und ehrt den Menschen , solange er ihn nicht zu beurteilen vermag, und die Sehnsucht ist ein Erzeunis mangelhafter Erkenntnis."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

"Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden."

-Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

Cover of Lieutenant Gustl by Arthur Schnitzler

16. Lieutenant Gustl

By: Arthur Schnitzler

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Viennese author Schnitzler's brief 1901 novel depicts the Austrian crisis at the turn of the centur… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Schnitzler's Lieutenant Gustl book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Joel Rotenberg

17. The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

By: Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Joel Rotenberg

3.94

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Hugo von Hoffmannsthal made his mark as a poet, as a playwright, and as the librettist for Richard … read more

Similar categories in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • 20th century
Cover of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke, Mary Dows Herter Norton

18. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mary Dows Herter Norton

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Briggeis Rilke's major prose work and was one of the earliest public… read more

Similar categories in Rainer Maria Rilke's The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • fiction
Cover of Mi suicidio by Henri Roorda, None, Christoph Hessel

19. Mi suicidio

By: Henri Roorda , None , Christoph Hessel

4.10

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

En Mi suicidio, libro de una sinceridad profunda y decisiva, Henri Roorda desgrana las preguntas es… read more

Similar categories in Henri Roorda's Mi suicidio book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • 20th century

20. The Confusions of Young Törless

By: J.M. Coetzee , Shaun Whiteside , Robert Musil

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational un… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Coetzee's The Confusions of Young Törless book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

21. Solenoid

By: Mircea Cărtărescu

3.59

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more

Similar categories in Mircea Cărtărescu's Solenoid book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

22. Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture

By: Carl E. Schorske

4.50

Format: 142 pages,

A landmark book from one of the original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-… read more

Similar categories in Carl E. Schorske's Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

Cover of Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) by Marcel Proust, Simon Vance, Lydia Davis

23. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

Similar categories in Marcel Proust's Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1) book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

Cover of Molloy by Samuel Beckett, Patrick Bowles

24. Molloy

By: Samuel Beckett , Patrick Bowles

4.04

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Molloy, the first of the three masterpieces which constitute Samuel Beckett’s famous trilogy, appea… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Beckett's Molloy book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • literature
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"This should all be rewritten in the pluperfect."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"You can't have everything, I've often noticed it."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"Constipation is a sign of good health in pomeranians."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

"Don’t wait to be hunted to hide, that was always my motto."

-Samuel Beckett, Molloy

25. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

26. Spring's Awakening

By: Eric Bentley , Frank Wedekind

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Spring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is kill… read more

Similar categories in Eric Bentley's Spring's Awakening book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

27. In the Penal Colony

By: Sadegh Hedayat , Franz Kafka , Hasan Ghaemian

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

"In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, and first … read more

Similar categories in Sadegh Hedayat's In the Penal Colony book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

28. Die Judenbuche

By: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Der 1842 erschienenen Novelle Die Judenbuche von Annette von Droste-Hulshoff liegt eine wahre Begeb… read more

Similar categories in Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's Die Judenbuche book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

29. Knulp

By: Hermann Hesse

3.57

Format: 307 pages,

Die drei Geschichten aus dem Leben des Landstreichers Knulp, einem Nachfahren von Eichendorffs Taug… read more

Similar categories in Hermann Hesse's Knulp book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

Cover of The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods

30. The Magic Mountain

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

4.13

Format: 706 pages, Paperback

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

  • german literature
  • classics
  • literature
  • philosophy
  • fiction
  • 20th century
"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

31. Old Masters: A Comedy

By: Thomas Bernhard , Ewald Osers

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to m… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Bernhard's Old Masters: A Comedy book and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings

19 Best fiction books like The Lord Chandos Letter: And Other Writings by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Joel Rotenberg

Transform Your Habits

Così Fan Tutti (Aurelio Zen, #5)

Michael Dibdin

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Third Policeman

Flann O'Brien

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Unterm Birnbaum

Theodor Fontane , Kurt Schreinert , Irene Ruttmann

3.05

Transform Your Habits

Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov

3.98

View all the books

8 best-selling nonfiction books like Mi suicidio by Henri Roorda, Christoph Hessel

Transform Your Habits

Notes on Suicide

David Hume , Simon Critchley

3.74

Transform Your Habits

Orientalism

None , Edward W. Said

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Mi suicidio

Henri Roorda , None , Christoph Hessel

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

Édouard Louis

4.13

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.