Social problems and new ideas

17 books

A Mummer's WifeGeorge Moore · 1885A Mummer's Wife, George Moore's 1885 novel, opens with a young woman keeping a weary vigil at the bedside of a sick man. It follows the lives of a troupe of mummers, traveling performers who move from town to town giving shows.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Bleak HouseCharles Dickens · 1853Bleak House, Charles Dickens's 1853 novel, follows the endless Chancery lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, critiquing the Court of Chancery and its delays. The story is told in part by Esther Summerson and opens with a foggy London scene.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Esther WatersGeorge Moore · 1894An 1894 novel by George Moore following Esther Waters, a young woman of humble origins who takes a position as a kitchen maid at Woodview, where she anxiously contemplates the demands of service in a great household.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Felix Holt, the RadicalGeorge Eliot · 1866A three-volume 1866 novel by George Eliot, set in English midlands towns during the era of pocket boroughs, corn laws, and early industrial unrest, depicting rural and manufacturing communities and the political and social changes stirring among their people.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Hard TimesCharles Dickens · 1854An 1854 illustrated novel by Charles Dickens that opens in a schoolroom where Thomas Gradgrind, a man devoted strictly to facts and calculation, instills his utilitarian philosophy in the children under his charge, including young Sissy Jupe.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Little DorritCharles Dickens · 1857Little Dorrit, published by Charles Dickens in 1857, is a novel in two parts, Poverty and Riches, following Amy Dorrit, born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors prison where her father has long been confined.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Man and WifeWilkie Collins · 1870A Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins, published in 1870, following the lifelong friendship of two women separated when one sails to India. The story opens with their farewell vow and moves to events twenty-four years later involving marriage and family troubles.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Maria; Or, The Wrongs of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 1798An unfinished 1798 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft, published posthumously by William Godwin, about Maria, an intelligent woman imprisoned in a madhouse by her husband. It depicts the oppression women face under unjust laws and customs.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Mary BartonElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1848Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell's 1848 first novel, is a work of fiction set among Manchester factory workers, portraying the hardships and tensions between the poor and their employers, culminating in a murder, an arrest, and a young woman's efforts to prove an alibi.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

North and SouthElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1855An 1855 novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, North and South opens as Margaret Hale, a clergyman's daughter raised by her aunt in London, prepares to return to her parents' home in a country parsonage after her cousin Edith's wedding.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Oliver TwistCharles Dickens · 1838A novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1838, following the orphan Oliver Twist from his birth in a workhouse through his childhood under the parish's care and his journey to London, where he falls in with a gang of criminals.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Robert ElsmereHumphry Ward · 1888An 1888 novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward, opening in a Westmoreland valley where a converted farmhouse shelters two young women and their family. The book follows their life amid a changing social and religious order.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes · 1900A 1900 novel by John Oliver Hobbes, this sequel to The School for Saints continues the story of Robert Orange, a member of Parliament. Set in 1869 London, it opens with Lady Sara De Treverell weighing a marriage proposal while expressing interest in the mysterious Robert Orange.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Sybil, Or, The Two NationsBenjamin Disraeli · 1845A two-volume novel by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1845, addressing the condition of the English people and the divide between rich and poor. The story opens among aristocrats gambling on the eve of the 1837 Derby, introducing young nobleman Charles Egremont.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tancred; Or, The New CrusadeBenjamin Disraeli · 1847Tancred; Or, The New Crusade is an 1847 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. It opens in fashionable May Fair society, where a celebrated young French chef learns he has been engaged to cater the coming-of-age festivities for the son of the Duke of Bellamont.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of GeniusSarah Grand · 1897This 1897 novel by Sarah Grand traces the life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, called Beth, a talented woman of genius. It opens before her birth, depicting her mother's struggles with poverty, ill health, and the constrained role of women in Victorian society.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë · 1848A Victorian novel first published in 1848, this 1920 edition with an introduction by Mrs. Humphrey Ward presents Anne Brontë's story of a mysterious woman tenant, tracing her marriage, troubled domestic life, flight, and eventual reconciliation.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية