Books like 'Inimene ja deemonid'
Readers who enjoyed Inimene ja deemonid by Olav Duun also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
psychological classics literary-fiction
-
The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAnton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novels. Here, brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky... -
![Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov]()
Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll the story takes place in an old, dark, dusty sanatorium in a small town. Different people who suffers from different mental problems which are considered mad in society. It analyzes what goes under their surface and what made them the way they are... -
![Jelena, žena koje nema by Ivo Andrić]()
Jelena, žena koje nema by Ivo Andrić
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJelena, žena koje nema (Jelena, a Woman Who's Not Here; 1962) belongs to the inter-war period. It is the expression of an abstract idea in concrete terms, suggesting the force with which quite abstract notions and vague impressions can impose themselves on the imagination, demanding to be recognized as no less real than 'reality... -
![The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever]()
The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHere are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" and "The Swimmer," Cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of life...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult anthologies contemporary fiction historical-fiction -
-
![The Insulted and Injured by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
The Insulted and Injured by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Insulted and Injured is that tale of a love quadrangle -- an improbably unpossessive and uninvidious love quadrangle, at that -- told by a young novelist not to unlike Dostoevsky himself. (A young author who has just published a novel so much like Dostoevsky's Poor Folk, in fact, that we find ourselves tempted to wonder over the author's private life. But we'll refrain... -
![A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski]()
A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOur narrator, a retired musician, receives a visit from an enigmatic stranger who inspires him to share the story of his long and stormy life... -
![The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov]()
The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOf the two hundred stories that Anton Chekhov wrote, the twenty stories that appear in this extraordinary collection were personally chosen by Richard Ford--an accomplished storyteller in his own right. Included are the familiar masterpieces--"The Kiss," "The Darling," and "The Lady with the Dog"--as well as several brilliant lesser-known tales such as "A Blunder," "Hush!," and "Champagne...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction fiction anthologies female-mc contemporary psychological literary -
![Remembrance of Things Past: Volume III - The Captive, The Fugitive, & Time Regained by Marcel Proust]()
Remembrance of Things Past: Volume III - The Captive, The Fugitive, & Time Regained by Marcel Proust
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third and final volume includes THE CAPTIVE, THE FUGITIVE, and TIME REGAINED...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century anthologies family fiction historical literary -
![Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Greatest Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDelve into the dark and mesmerizing world of Edgar Allan Poe, where suspense and terror reign supreme. In this collection of his greatest works, experience the haunting brilliance of The Raven, as a lone narrator confronts a mysterious visitor in a chilling tale of loss and madness. Enter the macabre depths of The Tell-Tale Heart, where a murderer's guilt manifests in haunting paranoia... -
![Beginners by Raymond Carver]()
Beginners by Raymond Carver
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere is the original manuscript of Raymond Carver’s seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—his style is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential—and the pieces in What We Talk About . .Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction adult anthologies fiction literary psychological university -
![The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction anthologies existentialism fiction historical literary philosophical -
![The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig]()
The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig by Stefan Zweig
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe collected stories of Stefan Zweig, one of the most popular writers of short fiction of the twentieth century This collection brings together twenty-three of Stefan Zweig's best-loved short stories. Written in his typically flowing and readable style, these tales are characterised by their pacing, their psychological insightfulness, and above all their pervading humanity...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction fiction 20th-century anthologies psychological fantasy historical -
![Fear by Stefan Zweig]()
Fear by Stefan Zweig
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFinding her comfortable bourgeois existence as wife and mother predictable after eight years of marriage, Irene Wagner brings a little excitement into it by starting an affair with a rising young pianist. Her lover’s former mistress begins blackmailing her, threatening to give her secret away to her husband. Irene is soon in the grip of agonizing fear... -
![Collected Stories and Other Writings by John Cheever]()
Collected Stories and Other Writings by John Cheever
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn Cheever’s stories rank among the finest achievements of twentieth-century short fiction. Ensnared by the trappings of affluence, adrift in the emptiness of American prosperity, his characters find themselves in the midst of dramas that, however comic, pose profound questions about conformity and class, pleasure and propriety, and the conduct and meaning of an individual life...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction fiction 20th-century postmodernism anthologies psychological historical -
-
![Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Sophista, Politicus, Theaetetus by Plato]()
Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Cratylus, Sophista, Politicus, Theaetetus by Plato
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis long awaited new edition contains seven of the dialogues of Plato, and is the first in the five-volume complete edition of Plato's works in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The result of many years of painstaking scholarship, the new volume will replace the now nearly one hundred-year-old original edition, and is destined to become just as long lasting a classic... -
![L'Idiot;: 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Victor Derély]()
L'Idiot;: 1 by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Victor Derély
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible... -
![The Double and The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
The Double and The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have given us the definitive version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s strikingly original short novels, The Double and The Gambler...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction adult anthologies existentialism fiction literary philosophical -
![Eternal Husband, And Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
Eternal Husband, And Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. One of the esteemed Russian author's most powerful and accessible tales, it employs his favorite themes of mental torture and neurosis. Captivating and highly revealing, it explores love, guilt, and hatred...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction anthologies existentialism fiction literary philosophical philosophy -
![Selected European Short Stories (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] by Guy de Maupassant, Saki]()
Selected European Short Stories (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] by Guy de Maupassant, Saki
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsClassic favorites, include Guy de Maupassant s The Duel and The Umbrella, Saki s The Schartz-Metterklume Method, The Open Window, and The Story Teller, Anton Chekhov s The Scandal Monger and Verochka and Thomas Mann s The Wardrobe...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction adult anthologies audiobook fiction historical historical-fiction -
![James Joyce: The Complete Collection by James Joyce]()
James Joyce: The Complete Collection by James Joyce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis ebook contains James Joyce's complete works.This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume... -
![Selected Short Stories by William Faulkner]()
Selected Short Stories by William Faulkner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner—also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!William Faulkner was a master of the short story... -
![The Bet by Anton Chekhov]()
The Bet by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA banker and a young lawyer make a bet with each other about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction anthologies audiobook drama fiction literary philosophical -
![Rock Springs by Richard Ford]()
Rock Springs by Richard Ford
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn these ten stories, Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West--and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. Rock Springs is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiseled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult anthologies contemporary fiction literary -
![Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1955–1962 by Vladimir Nabokov]()
Vladimir Nabokov: Novels 1955–1962 by Vladimir Nabokov
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Library of America volume is the second of three volumes that contain the most authoritative versions of the English works of the brilliant Russian émigré, Vladimir Nabokov.Lolita (1955), Nabokov’s single most famous work, is one of the most controversial and widely read books of its time...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction fiction humor 20th-century psychological politics historical -
-
![Auto-da-Fé by Elias Canetti]()
Auto-da-Fé by Elias Canetti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Auto-da-Fé" is the story of Peter Kien, a distinguished, reclusive sinologist living in Vienna between the wars. With masterly precision, Canetti reveals Kien's character, displaying the flawed personal relationships which ultimately lead to his destruction... -
![In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories by William H. Gass]()
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories by William H. Gass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIN THIS SUITE of five short pieces -- one of the unqualified literary masterpieces of the American 1960s -- William Gass finds five beautiful forms in which to explore the signature theme of his fiction: the solitary soul’s poignant, conflicted, and doomed pursuit of love and community...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult anthologies contemporary family fiction -
![Woman Lit by Fireflies by Jim Harrison, Ray Porter]()
Woman Lit by Fireflies by Jim Harrison, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAcross the odd contours of the American landscape-Jim Harrison's country--its natives search for that which isn't quite irretrievably lost, for the incandescent beneath the ordinary... -
![Metamorphosis and The Judgment by Franz Kafka, Steven Berkoff]()
Metamorphosis and The Judgment by Franz Kafka, Steven Berkoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGregor Samsa is a man dedicated to industry, self-sacrifice, and survival. On waking one morning, he finds that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. Being trapped in this alien body is a fate that he passively accepts, just as he accepts the fact of his inevitable death... -
![A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing]()
A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of Doris Lessing's most important novels -- here beautifully repackaged This is the second volume in Doris Lessing's renowned quartet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in Africa to an imagined post-nuclear Britain. A Proper Marriage sees twenty-something Martha beginning to realise that her marriage has been a terrible mistake... -
![White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya]()
White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTatyana Tolstaya's short stories — with their unpredictable fairy-tale plots, appealingly eccentric characters, and stylistic abundance and flair — established her in the 1980s as one of modern Russia's finest writers. Since then her work has been translated throughout the world. Edna O'Brien has called Tolstaya "an enchantress." Anita Desai has spoken of her work's "richness and ardent life...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century 21st-century adult anthologies contemporary female-author -
![The Collected Short Stories by Jean Rhys]()
The Collected Short Stories by Jean Rhys
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJean Rhys was one of the twentieth century's foremost writers, a literary artist who made exqusite use of the raw material of her own often turbulent life to create fiction of memorable resonance and poignancy. Here for the first time in one volume are her complete stories...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult anthologies female-author fiction historical -
![Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas]()
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this brilliant, apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them... -
![Masterwork Studies Series: 100 Years of Solitude by Regina Janes]()
Masterwork Studies Series: 100 Years of Solitude by Regina Janes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWritten in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams... -
![Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian]()
Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBoris Vian was a jack of all trades - although unfortunately his name was Boris and "Boris of all trades" never took off as a turn of phrase. But nevertheless Vian was a great songwriter, playwright, singer, jazz critic and, of course novelist so it should have been Boris instead of Jack... -
-
![The Woman with the Bouquet by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alison Anderson]()
The Woman with the Bouquet by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alison Anderson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn his new collection of stories, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World, probes the paradox that the events that shape our lives are often the stuff of dreams, yet nonetheless true. Humor, tenderness, irony and exquisite writing have always been the hallmarks of Schmitt’s work. Here, he adds a pinch of philosophy...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 21st-century adult anthologies contemporary fiction literary -
![ثقوب في الثوب الأسود by إحسان عبد القدوس]()
ثقوب في الثوب الأسود by إحسان عبد القدوس
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsرواية رائعة ..تتناول قضية الماتيس و هم من يولد لأب أبيض و أم زنجية و يعيش منبودا في المجتمع الأفريقي ..سامي الماتيس يكتشف نفسه بمساعدة الطبيب النفسي المصري و يقرر أن يكون زنجياً يدافع عن حقوق مجتمعه . -
![The Sheltering Sky / Let It Come Down / The Spider's House by Paul Bowles]()
The Sheltering Sky / Let It Come Down / The Spider's House by Paul Bowles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaul Bowles had already established himself as an important American composer when, at the age of 38, he published The Sheltering Sky and became widely recognized as one of the most powerful writers of the postwar period. By the time of his death in 1999 he had become a unique and legendary figure in modern literary culture... -
![Sundog by Jim Harrison]()
Sundog by Jim Harrison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA “feisty, passionate novel” (Newsday) from a writer whose “storytelling instincts are nearly flawless” (The New York Times). The New York Times–bestselling author of thirty-nine books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison was one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics... -
![And Then by Sōseki Natsume, Norma Moore Field]()
And Then by Sōseki Natsume, Norma Moore Field
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAnd Then , ranked as one of Soseki Natsume's most insightful and stirring novels, tells the story of Daisuke, a young Japanese man struggling with his personal purpose and identity, as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan... -
![The Short Cut by Ennio Flaiano]()
The Short Cut by Ennio Flaiano
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this novel, first published in Italy in 1947, a chance encounter and an accidental shooting leave a young woman dead and a young soldier attempting to reason away responsibility and assuage his guilt... -
![The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor]()
The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWilliam Trevor's The Children of Dynmouth (Winner of the Whitbread Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize) was first published in 1976 and is a classic account of evil lurking in the most unlikely places. In it we follow awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland seaside town of Dynmouth...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult book fiction historical historical-fiction -
![Love for Lydia by H.E. Bates]()
Love for Lydia by H.E. Bates
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove for Lydia was the first novel with an English setting that H.E. Bates wrote after the second world war, and it was his own favourite among his Northamptonshire novels. The Northants setting becomes the background both ugly and beautiful for the story of a young girl, the daughter of a decaying aristocratic household, and her lovers, of which the most important is the narrator himself...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction 20th-century adult book fiction historical historical-fiction -
![Los perros hambrientos by Ciro Alegría]()
Los perros hambrientos by Ciro Alegría
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDefensor de los indios peruanos, interpretó de forma indigenista la realidad nacional. En Los perros hambrientos ambientada en la puna andina, la naturaleza adversa o benéfica es la que marca la pauta del comportamiento de la vida humana... -
![Second Skin by John Hawkes, Jeffrey Eugenides]()
Second Skin by John Hawkes, Jeffrey Eugenides
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"John Hawkes is an extraordinary writer. I have always admired his books. They should be more widely read...Categorized as:
literary-fiction classics fiction contemporary 20th-century postmodernism nautical psychological -
-
![A Dark Stranger by Julien Gracq]()
A Dark Stranger by Julien Gracq
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo lovers arrive at a seaside hotel in 1920's Brittany. The other guests soon become obsessed with the man, the equivocal unsettling Allan. One by one they realise who he is-that Death has come to spend the summer with them... -
![Museums & Women and Other Stories by John Updike]()
Museums & Women and Other Stories by John Updike
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is John Updike’s largest and most various collection of short stories. Some, such as the title story, have the tone and personality of essays; others objectify the chimeras of middle-class existence; a number of vignettes reflect the face of America in the fictional microcosm of Tarbox; the longest story, a hallucinatory trip up the Nile, allegorizes our foreign policy... -
![La coscienza di Zeno. Senilità. Una vita by Italo Svevo]()
-
![Contempt by Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks]()
Contempt by Alberto Moravia, Tim Parks
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsContempt is a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European literature. All the qualities for which Alberto Moravia is justly famous ~~ his cool clarity of expression, his exacting attention to psychological complexity and social pretension, his still-striking openness about sex—are evident in this story of a failing marriage... -
![Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev]()
Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHome of the Gentry is a novel by Ivan Turgenev published in the January 1859 issue of "Sovremennik". I t was enthusiastically received by the Russian society and remained his least controversial and most widely-read novel until the end of the 19th century. It was turned into a movie by Andrey Konchalovsky in 1969...Categorized as:
classics literary-fiction adult audiobook book fiction historical historical-fiction -
![Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi]()
Anna Édes by Dezső Kosztolányi
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnna Edes is a dark and deeply moving naturalistic novel, a classic work of twentieth-century Hungarian literature. A skillful portrayal of the cruelty and emptiness of bourgeois life, it was first published in 1926 and enthusiastically received by the intellectual coffee-house society through which it circulated...
![Selected European Short Stories (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] by Guy de Maupassant, Saki](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/6239ffddd63f4e53714f1ab6.jpg)
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
