What to Read After The Absentee
Readers who loved The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Absentee is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Absentee
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
Mary Barton
The Woodlanders
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Vicar of Wakefield
The hand of Ethelberta
Bunner Sisters
Ruth.
The master of Ballantrae
A tale of a tub
Amelia
Born in Exile (Large Print Edition)
Marius the Epicurean
Night and Day
Some experiences of an Irish R.M.
Adam Bede
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Castle Richmond
The monastery
Phineas Finn, the Irish member
Aaron's Rod
By the open sea
Severed Head
The Mayor of Casterbridge