H. De Vere Stacpoole
The Blue Lagoon: what to read next?
Books close in genre, era, author or reading level, to read in bilingual editions.
Harold MacGrathThe Place of HoneymoonsAn American romantic novel. Edward Courtlandt, a wealthy American, returns to Paris after two years in the jungles of Burma to see Nora Harrigan again, an Irish-American soprano who sings at the Opera under the name Eleonora da Toscana. When he forces his way into her…Same genreSame era
Arthur StringerThe Prairie WifeA novel by the Canadian writer Arthur Stringer, published in 1915 and written in the form of a diary. A young woman from New York high society, suddenly ruined, marries almost without thinking Duncan McKail, a Canadian of Scottish descent, a former engineer who now grows wheat…Same genreSame era
George GriffithA Honeymoon in SpaceAn English adventure novel first published in 1901. On 5 November 1900, in the middle of the Atlantic, a flying ship of metal and glass draws alongside an American liner. Its owner, Lord Redgrave, a wealthy Englishman, built it from an invention by the father of Zaidie Rennick,…Same genreSame era
Maria DaviessBluegrass and BroadwayIn Kentucky, young Patricia Adair must save Rosemeade, the family home where her grandfather lives. She writes a play drawn from her great-grandmother’s love letters. In New York, the producer Godfrey Vandeford buys it without reading it: he wants it to fail, to teach his star…Same genreSame era
Sewell FordTorchy and VeeSeventeen linked comic stories, told by Torchy in the everyday speech of New York. Once a red-haired office boy, now private secretary to the president of a large company, Torchy is married to Vee and has a baby. The stories take place in 1918 and 1919, in New York and its…Same genreSame era
Marah RyanThat Girl MontanaA novel of the American West. Around 1890, on the banks of the Kootenai River, near the border between Canada and the United States, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives alone among the Native Americans dives into the icy water to save a child. Dan Overton, a guide respected…Same genreSame era
Mark TwainThe Prince and the PauperTom Canty, a poor child living in misery, accidentally meets Prince Edward, who looks strikingly like him. For fun, they exchange roles but become trapped in lives that are not their own. Tom discovers the constraints of power, while Edward faces the harshness of the streets.…Same genreSame era
L. M. MontgomeryThe Blue CastleValancy, a young woman stifled by an authoritarian family and a monotonous life, learns she may be seriously ill. This news acts as a trigger: she decides to finally live by her own rules. She breaks away from conventions and meets Barney, a marginal and free-spirited man who…Same genreSame era
C. N. and A. M. WilliamsonThe Heather MoonAn English novel. Barrie MacDonald is eighteen and is growing up near Carlisle, close to Scotland, with a stern grandmother who hates the theatre and has let her believe that her mother was dead. When she learns that this mother, an actress, is very much alive, Barrie runs away…Same genreSame era
Elizabeth von ArnimThe Enchanted AprilFour English women, tired of their monotonous lives, decide to rent a villa in Italy for a sunny getaway. Far from their routines, they discover a space of freedom where their personalities evolve and assert themselves. Between initial tensions and unexpected bonds, each…Same genreSame era
Jules VerneAround the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg, a methodical gentleman, bets that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Accompanied by Passepartout, his resourceful servant, he moves from one mode of transport to another while facing unforeseen events across several continents. But a police inspector…Same genre
Jules VerneJourney to the Center of the EarthProfessor Lidenbrock, a passionate scientist, discovers an ancient message revealing a passage to the center of the Earth. With his nephew Axel, he embarks on a perilous expedition through unknown underground tunnels. Their journey confronts them with extraordinary phenomena…Same genre