Psychological Fiction Books

The Rise of David Levinsky

Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky is a Jewish fiction novel written by Abraham Cahan, a Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician.Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraha..

The Moon and Sixpence

W. Somerset Maugham

The Moon and Sixpence is a biographical fiction from the incidents in the life of Paul Gauguin, an artist and painter. Written by the English playwright William Somerset Maugham, and th..

Basil

Wilkie Collins

Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a girl he sees on a bus. He stalks her and discovers she is M..

Diana of the Crossways

George Meredith

Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest ..

The Pit - A Story of Chicago

Frank Norris

The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels:THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOLF, a Story of Europe.These novels, while forming a series, wil..

The Odd Women

George Gissing

George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century "Woman Question" by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting wome..

The Golden Bowl

Henry James

The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Gol..

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life"..