Wormwood: A Drama of Paris
10 best books like Wormwood: A Drama of Paris (Marie Corelli): Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Daddy-Long-Legs, Murder at the Vicarage, The Eternal Husband, The Buddha in the Attic, White Nights, The Hound of Death, In Praise of the Stepmother, Angst, Burning Secret
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
| Author | Patrick Süskind |
| ISBN | 0140120831 |
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man's indulgence in his greatest passion—his sense of smell—leads to murder.
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste...
When Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen-year-old girl living in an orphan asylum, was told that a mysterious millionaire had agreed to pay for her education, it was like a dream come true. For the first time in her life, she had someone she could pretend was "family." But everything was not perfect, for he chose...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 1579126251 |
Murder at the Vicarage marks the debut of Agatha Christie’s unflappable and much beloved female detective, Miss Jane Marple. With her gift for sniffing out the malevolent side of human nature, Miss Marple is led on her first case to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, the magistrate...
Вечный муж = Vechnyi muzh = The eternal husband, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Eternal Husband (Russian: Вечный муж, Vechny muzh) is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky that was first published in 1870 in Zarya magazine. The plot revolves around the complicated relationship...
| Author | Julie Otsuka |
| ISBN | 0307700003 |
Julie Otsuka’s long-awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought from Japan to San Francisco as “picture brides” nearly a century ago.
In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha...
White Nights, is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersburg, this is the story of a young man fighting his inner restlessness. A light and tender narrative, it delves into the torment and guilt of unrequited love. Both protagonists suffer from a deep sense of alienation...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007154879 |
This is definitely lower tier Agatha Christie, one can see these being published in magazines for a quick read. The mediums, psychics were a strong part of the zeitgeist, séances pop up as plot elements & ways to resolve mysteries quite frequently. These were ok to read one at a time, I read one before...
In Praise of the Stepmother
| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| ISBN | 0571141358 |
In a Danish film when a schoolteacher is accused of sexually abusing a girl it is as though the accusation proves the guilt; the seriousness of the offence leaves no room for hesitation. It is believed that innocent children unsullied by life's deceptions always tell the truth. But later it transpires...
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
| ISBN | 3150065402 |
Irene Wagner, verheiratet und Mutter zweier Kinder, lebt vordergründig ein Leben, das den Anforderungen bürgerlicher Moralvorstellung vollauf genügt. Im Widerspruch zu diesem Leben steht ihr Verhältnis mit einem Musiker. Sorgsam um Geheimhaltung bemüht, wird sie bei einem Treffen mit...
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
| ISBN | 1901285855 |
A suave baron takes a fancy to twelve-year-old Edgar's mother, while the three are holidaying in an Austrian mountain resort. His initial advances rejected, the baron befriends Edgar in order to get closer to the woman he desires. The initially unsuspecting child soon senses something is amiss, but...
Amok Koşucusu doktor olarak yardıma ihtiyaç duyan bir insana el uzatmanın vicdani yükümlülüğüyle kendi karmaşık duyguları arasında sıkışıp kalan bir adamın hikâyesidir. Hollanda Doğu Hint Adaları’nda görev yapan bir doktor, dara düşüp kendisine başvuran çok...
مزرعة الحيوان، حكاية حيوانات من خلالها يقدم جورج أورويل هجاءً ساخراً ونقداً للأنظمة الشمولية، ولإنسان السلطة وإنحرافاته.
قررت الحيوانات ذات يوم،...
الاسر ، الموت ، مخلفات الحروب ، الصراعات النفسية ، الارامل ، الايتام ، المصير المجهول ، الطمع ، الغيرة كلها واكثر ضمن المحاور الرئيسية التي تم طرحها في رواية...
اجاثا .. وهل تستحق اقل من الفايف ستار♥️.
Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
| ISBN | 2253060224 |
Scandale dans une pension de famille « comme il faut », sur la Côte d'Azur du début du siècle : Mme Henriette, la femme d'un des clients, s'est enfuie avec un jeune homme qui pourtant n'avait passé là qu'une journée... Seul le narrateur tente de comprendre cette « créature sans moralité »,...
| Author | إحسان عبد القدوس |
| ISBN | 9770806714 |
يا عزيزى احسان الخيط الرفيع بين الحب و التملك ده كان زمان أما الأن فإن الخيط الوحيد الباقى هو ما نتعلق به لينتشلنا من واقعنا الميت الى واقع اخر محال
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| Author | Frederick Forsyth |
| ISBN | 0399156801 |
An extraordinary cutting-edge thriller from the New York Times-bestselling grandmaster of international suspense.
Meticulous research, crisp narratives, plots as current as today's headlines-Frederick Forsyth has helped define the international thriller as we know it. And now he...
