Books like Maid in waiting by John Galsworthy

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

Susannah Nelson, 50, returns to the garden she loved as a teenager, but the past she's trying to escape is still there, leading her to question everything about her life and relationships with her loved ones.

A contemporary romance set in northern Australia, following the unlikely love story between cattleman Blake Courtland and Carolyn Donovan.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

Jende Jonga’s dream of a new life in New York turns into a struggle as his family faces the rigors of immigration law and the hidden dangers of working for a powerful executive.

D. H. Lawrence’s 1933 novel follows the Morel family in a Nottinghamshire coal town, exploring love, ambition, and the Oedipal tension that shapes a working‑class mother‑son relationship.

The final book of the Forsyte Saga traces Young Jolyon and Irene’s marriage and move into Soames' countryside home, exploring the family’s decline amid England’s social mores and military turmoil.

A collection of the Forsyte family novels by John Galsworthy, exploring middle‑class English life, social customs, and family dynamics through the saga of the fictitious Forsyte family.

He was almost a stranger to her. April's first job in Spain came to a rather dramatic end, leaving her stranded in Madrid without money. So she could hardly refuse Don Carlos's offer of help. His family was aghast at his interest in her, especially his lovely young ward, Constancia, who was half in love with Don Carlos herself. But when he autocratically decided to make April his bride, April felt trapped in a situation beyond her control. Don Carlos de Formera y Santos was, April thought, one of the most eligible men in the whole of Spain. He had everything-good looks, breeding, money, impeccable manners, charm. And as if that were not enough, he also possessed a beautiful young ward, for whom he had the greatest affection, and who would clearly give anything to marry him. So why, in these circumstances, should Carlos propose to April herself-a very ordinary English girl with nothing special to commend her, and whom he had only known for a few days? He said it was because, unwittingly, she had put herself and him in a compromising position-but surely that was a little far-fetched, even in so correct a country as Spain? But all the same, however odd the situation seemed, April found herself curiously reluctant to back out of it!

In Maine, a family of middle‑aged women confronts the cost of caregiving as Alzheimer’s disease takes hold, while the sandwich generation juggles work, parenting and lingering shadows of past choices.

The third instalment in John Galsworthy’s Forsyte saga, *In Chancery* follows the unraveling marriage of Soames Forsyte, his sister Winifred, and the growing estrangement between Soames and cousin Young Jolyon, whose newfound friendship with Soames’s estranged wife Irene sparks an affair and divorce.

Angela Carter’s Wise Children follows twin vaudeville stars Dora and Nora Chance as they recall a glittering early‑twentieth‑century career and their complex relationship to their illegitimate father, Sir Melchior Hazard, in a lyrical family saga.

Explore the political power, intrigue, and personal ambitions of Queen's ladies‑in‑waiting across Britain, from courtly competition to royal mistresses, through diaries and contemporary accounts.

In Anita Brookner’s *A Family Romance*, Jane Manning confronts the arrival of her glamorous aunt Dolly into her modest family circle, exposing the shifting attitudes toward identity, gender and family power.

Familiekroniek spelend vanaf het Victoriaanse tijdperk tot de jaren twintig.

Before and After follows a New England family whose peaceful life is shattered when the son is suspected of murdering a teenage girl, forcing each member to confront hidden motives, secret anger, and community judgment.