Cynthia Brantley Johnson

8 books

The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin

The Awakening and Selected Stories

Kate Chopin

296 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Best Short Works of Mark Twain by Cynthia Brantley Johnson, Karen Davidson, Mark Twain

The Best Short Works of Mark Twain

Cynthia Brantley Johnson, Karen Davidson, Mark Twain

832 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction classics short stories adventurous slow-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1416 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

95 pages • first pub 1915 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

252 pages • first pub 1890 (editions)

fiction classics horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

720 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury
Cyrano De Bergerac
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Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury

Cyrano De Bergerac

Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Edmond / Kingsbury Rostand, Howard Thayer Kingsbury

missing page info • first pub 1897 (editions)

dark sad fast-paced
Walden, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Walden, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

238 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced