Marriage, family, and society novels

13 books

Howards EndE. M. Forster · 1910A 1910 novel by E. M. Forster that opens with Helen Schlegel writing to her sister Margaret about a visit to the Wilcox family at their country house, Howards End, where Helen unexpectedly falls in love with the Wilcoxes' younger son.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Landscape with figuresRonald Fraser · 1925A 1925 novel by Ronald Fraser, narrated from the diaries of Ambrose Herbert, which recounts how seven wealthy Englishmen calling themselves the Seven Sages cruise Far Eastern seas on an industrialist's yacht and encounter a mystical, dreamlike Eastern world.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

SuccessUna L. Silberrad · 1912A 1912 novel by Una L. Silberrad about Michael Annarly, a brilliant but unpopular engineer racing to perfect an aerial torpedo for a great foundry, and his close friendship with Lady Sibyl Carson, who champions his talents.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Arbiter: A NovelFlorence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell · 1901A 1901 novel about Lady Elinor Gore, an invalid who struggles to accept her fate while devoting herself to her husband and daughter, and whose family circle is tested by the differing views of relatives like her blunt aunt, Miss Martin.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Dark TowerPhyllis Bottome · 1916A 1916 illustrated novel by Phyllis Bottome about Winn Staines, a headstrong British army officer from a turbulent military family, who marries the vain and deceitful Estelle Fanshawe despite his parents' objections, with consequences for the family.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Forsyte saga - CompleteJohn Galsworthy · 1922A 1922 collected edition of John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga, a multi-volume novel cycle chronicling the Forsyte family across generations in Victorian and Edwardian England, centered on themes of property, marriage, beauty, and family, beginning with The Man of Property.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A RomanceLucas Malet · 1901A 1901 romance novel by Lucas Malet, published by Dodd, Mead & Company, tracing the life of Sir Richard Calmady from his birth at the English country estate of Brockhurst through love, misfortune, and eventual redemption.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Longest JourneyE. M. Forster · 1907A 1907 novel by E. M. Forster, it follows Rickie Elliot, a lame young man who finds friendship and happiness at Cambridge, as his life unfolds across Cambridge, Sawston, and Wiltshire.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Love-Story of Aliette BruntonGilbert Frankau · 1922A 1922 novel by Gilbert Frankau telling the love story of Aliette Brunton, a young Englishwoman of the post-World War I era, whose romance with Ronald Cavendish forces both to choose between love and the strict social code of their old-fashioned English families.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rustle of SilkCosmo Hamilton · 1922A 1922 novel by Cosmo Hamilton, reprinted repeatedly in its first year, following a young London shopkeeper's daughter whose unusual feminine allure draws the attention of a playwright, who imagines testing her effect on Britain's ascetic Home Secretary.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The smearJohn Beames · 1920A 1920 short story by John Beames set in a Dawson City saloon during the Klondike gold rush. A Mountie uses a clever ruse to unmask Finn Charley, who has just robbed and murdered a man on the Yukon Trail.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tono-BungayH. G. Wells · 1909This 1909 novel by H. G. Wells follows George Ponderevo, an engineer recounting his life and rise through English society alongside his uncle, whose fortune is built on the wildly successful patent medicine Tono-Bungay, a story of ambition, commerce, and social class.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tristram of Blent: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient HouseAnthony Hope · 1901A 1901 novel by Anthony Hope about a family secret surrounding the heir to an ancient English house, told through episodes involving editor Mr. Neeld, the Cholderton family, and a question of legitimacy and inheritance.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية