Books Like “La tía Tula”

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton, Jim Fyfe, Jodi Picoult

1967

Includes bonus material, a new foreword by the author, and a discussion guide.

Ile des pingouins

Anatole France

1908

"Penguin Island" from Anatole France. French poet, journalist, and novelist (1844-1924).

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen

1889

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen portrays Nora, the wife, as a "doll," beautiful, unsophisticated, childlike, well-meaning, but ignorant of the adult world and affairs. All of her friends see her as a doll. Her husband Torvald treats her as one, calling her childish names. He tries to control all of her behavior, not because he is mean, but because he loves her and he realizes that she is unable to do so. IN "A Doll's House, Torvald" tells Nora what to eat so that her teeth will not be spoiled from sugar and how much she should spend because she does not understand much about money. And it is the latter, the money, that gets Nora into trouble. Torvald was sick some years back and needed to travel and stay in a warmer climate for some months, but the couple had no money. She, out of childish but ignorant love, borrowed money from an unscrupulous man who insisted that she have her father countersign the loan. Her father was dying, so she forged his signature on the loan document. She was certain that this was not wrong because her intentions were pure, she wanted to save her husband's life. She did not tell her husband about the loan because she childishly wanted to surprise him someday in the future and show him that she acted wisely and that she, who he thought of as childlike, saved his life. She laughed about her cleverness often when she was alone. Now the unscrupulous lender is demanding something from Nora, or he will reveal the forgery to her husband and his employer, and this will affect her marriage and her husband will lose his job. The tragedy in Henrik Ibsen's "The Doll's House" probably would not have occured if the people would have treated women properly as human beings rather than dolls.

La charca del diablo

George Sand, George Sand

1846

The Devil'S Pool by George Sand, first published in 1894, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Una Perfecta Desconocida/Perfect Stranger

Danielle Steel

1981

Rafaela, hija de un prestigioso banquero y esposa adorada de un rico hombre de negocios, era una mujer enamorada. Sin embargo, su felicidad se ve truncada cuando su marido sufre un feroz ataque de apoplejía.

Before It's Too Late: Aging With Grace

Cole Peterson

About later years with more honesty, less performance, and room for both limits and love.

The Loves That Stay

Skylar Reed

Three generations, three love stories, and one strain of truth about what actually endures.

The Loves We Keep

Skylar Reed

A daughter's turn, inheritance, loyalty, and the moment love stops being a story you only inherit.

The Loves We Lost

Skylar Reed

About heartbreak and moving without pretending a clean ending.

The Loves We Found

Skylar Reed

Romance with costs and timing, for people who are done with the soft focus version.

Come Home to Me — A Shelter Cove Novel

Skylar Reed

Nora shows up in Shelter Cove broke in every sense that matters and tries hard not to fall apart in a borrowed cottage.

Collected Short Stories [51 stories]

Roald Dahl

1991

From the publication of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl became the most successful children's author in the world. This is a complete collection of his short stories.

Undine, eine Erzählung

Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Kar La Motte-Fouqué

1845

The "beautiful" classic fairytale of the ill-fated love between a mermaid and a knight (George MacDonald). This universally loved fairytale, written by German novelist and playwright Friedrich La Motte-Fouqué, has been adapted into operas, songs, ballets, and films, since its original publication in the early 1800s. Undine is the exquisite tale of the all-too-human emotions that drive, and ultimately threaten, magical love. When a knight, Sir Huldbrand of Ringstetten, comes upon a humble fisherman's cottage, he is immediately charmed by the old couple's mischievous adopted daughter Undine, whose true parentage is unknown. Trapped in the cottage by a flood, the knight and the fair maiden are blissfully happy together, despite Undine's capriciousness, and are eventually married. But unknown to Huldbrand, Undine is a water spirit, and their union has given her a sought-after prize: a soul. And now possessed with that most human of gifts, she will have to endure the many joys and sufferings that come along with it—for better or worse . . .