Books like Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman

Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft reads as critical, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Corinne

Germaine de Staël · 1786

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette · 1678

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Senhora

José de Alencar · 1900

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The bloody chamber and other stories

Angela Carter · 1979

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James · 1898

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · 1600

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Faro's Daughter

Georgette Heyer · 1941

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Sheik

E. M. Hull · 1919

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Nightmare Abbey

Thomas Love Peacock · 1818

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Penthesilea

Heinrich von Kleist · 1951

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Trilby

George du Maurier · 1894

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match