What book should I read?

Question

My favorite books are I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, My Antonia by Willa Cather, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Persuasion by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I like romantic novels with strong female protagonists.

Answer 1

You and I have a lot of favorite novels in common:

Here are a few good ones:
Middlemarch by George Eliot
One of the strongest female protagonists in all English Literature.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
A tragic tale of innocence lost, love found and broken, and redemption

Emma by Jane Austen
Love as only Austen can do.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Another strong female protagonist, but it's a story of heartbreak and loss

Silas Mariner by George Eliot
The female protagonist is a little baby girl, but she works an angelic magic on the heart of an miserly old hermit.

Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Although it's a social novel, Dickens writes in a great female protagonist who has the intelligence and boldness to challenge the pointless and strict education system in Victorian England.

Answer 2

Try Charlotte Bronte's other novels, Shirley and Villette. Then there's the third Bronte sister, Anne, who wrote Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

You would probably also like Victoria Holt's Mistress of Mellyn (her first and in my opinion her best, although Kirkland Revels is also good). To me it's a cross between two of the favorites you mentioned--I won't spoil it by saying which ones, but you'll see when you read it. In the romantic suspense genre, there's also Mary Stewart (before she got into the Arthurian legend).

And for a modern writer who smacks of Jane Austen but with more action, there's the incomparable Georgette Heyer. If you and she mesh, she'll give you years of reading pleasure! The first book of hers that I read was The Grand Sophie, which certainly has a strong female protagonist. Once you get started on her, try Cotillion and The Unknown Ajax for two captivating male heroes.

And to return to Jane herself, I second the advice of the answerer who recommended Emma!

Answer 3

Have you read Lady Chatterly's Lover?

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Answer 4

My all time favorite book is The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley, its a great love/adventure story! You should definitely read it, you might like it!

Answer 5

anything by Sidney Sheldon and you cant go wrong! i just read a book of his called tell me your dreams and it was so good i just couldn't stand to put it down for even a minute. also Nora Roberts is my fave when it comes to romance because she always has that touch of suspense that keeps you begging for more. Just read Montana sky by Nora Roberts and i believe it to be one of her best . Its definitely a must read!!

Answer 6

why don't you try reading Sidney Sheldon books.. it includes Master of the Game, Tell Me Your Dreams, If Tomorrow Comes, Rage of Angels and a lot more...
why don't you try to read some of them... it can capture your soul.. really...

Answer 7

try the clique series and the gossip girl series there really good u really can,t put either of them done but the gossip girl series is good but so hard to put down cause its addicting im one the 5th gossip girl novel

Answer 8

read i capture the castle