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Abutsu-ni · Japanese
被差別部落出身を隠す教師の葛藤、告白、良心を描いた近代日本自然主義文学の重要作。
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Japanese
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Abutsu-ni · Japanese
被差別部落出身を隠す教師の葛藤、告白、良心を描いた近代日本自然主義文学の重要作。

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William Godwin · English
A political Gothic novel of pursuit, secrecy, class power, surveillance, and the machinery of justice.

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Fanny Burney · English
A social novel of inheritance, guardianship, manners, marriage, money, and Cecilia Beverley’s independence.

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Prosper Mérimée · French
Une nouvelle corse de vendetta, honneur familial, violence contenue et conflit entre loi et coutume.

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George Eliot · English
George Eliot’s late novel of Gwendolen Harleth, Daniel Deronda, identity, duty, marriage, and Jewish renewal.

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Madame de La Fayette · French
Un roman classique de passion, devoir, aveu, jalousie et vie de cour sous Henri II.

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Alexandre Herculano · Portuguese
Narrativas históricas portuguesas de memória medieval, conflito, crença, honra e imaginação romântica.

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Stephen Crane · English
A stark Bowery story of poverty, family violence, illusion, social judgment, and urban naturalism.

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Frank Norris · English
A naturalist San Francisco novel of greed, marriage, obsession, money, violence, and decline.

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Samuel Richardson · English
An epistolary novel of virtue, power, class, persuasion, and the contested voice of Pamela Andrews.

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Lima Barreto · Portuguese
Um romance brasileiro sobre imprensa, racismo, ascensão social, desencanto e vida urbana no Rio.

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George Eliot · English
George Eliot’s Florence novel of Romola, Tito Melema, Savonarola, marriage, conscience, and Renaissance politics.

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Kate Chopin · English
Edna Pontellier’s search for selfhood, desire, art, motherhood, and freedom in Creole Louisiana.

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Mary Shelley · English
Mary Shelley’s prophetic novel of plague, friendship, political collapse, memory, and the end of humanity.

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Herman Melville · English
A compressed sea tale of innocence, authority, mutiny fears, naval law, and tragic moral judgment.

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George Sand · French
Un vaste roman musical et initiatique de George Sand, entre Venise, théâtre, amour, vocation et liberté.

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Alphonse Daudet · French
Des récits brefs de Daudet marqués par la guerre, la mémoire, l’ironie, la province et l’émotion populaire.

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Fanny Burney · English
A witty epistolary novel about a young woman entering London society, manners, courtship, and female reputation.

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George Sand · French
Un roman de George Sand sur le mariage, le désir, la domination sociale et la quête d’indépendance féminine.

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Jules Verne · French
Un Verne mystérieux : château isolé, village transylvain, illusion technique, amour perdu et atmosphère gothique.

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Elizabeth Gaskell · English
A Manchester social novel about factory life, poverty, labor conflict, grief, love, and moral responsibility.

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Jules Verne · French
Un roman d’aventure de Jules Verne : courrier du tsar, Sibérie, mission secrète, loyauté et périls de voyage.

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Alphonse Daudet · French
Une satire vive de l’héroïsme provincial, de la chasse au lion, du voyage et des fanfaronnades de Tartarin.