Houses and Buildings as Characters in Fiction

Descripció
Fiction set in terrific country houses and mansions. The houses could also be a character in the book.
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houses, fiction
1
Rebecca
de Daphne Du Maurier
20,074 membres
594 ressenyes
4.2
11 Members
thorold, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, spiphany, alex68, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda, HH_Library, pagemunchin
2
La filla de Robert Poste
de Stella Gibbons
5,670 membres
220 ressenyes
4
10 Members
thorold, feeling.is.first, merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Mansfield Park
de Jane Austen
21,957 membres
353 ressenyes
3.8
8 Members
merrystar, sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Northanger Abbey
de Jane Austen
21,063 membres
409 ressenyes
3.8
8 Members
thorold, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
El que resta del dia
de Kazuo Ishiguro
15,949 membres
462 ressenyes
4.2
8 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, spiphany, alex68, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda, HH_Library
6
Brideshead Revisited
de Evelyn Waugh
12,294 membres
263 ressenyes
4
8 Members
thorold, aulsmith, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Howards End
de E. M. Forster
8,567 membres
128 ressenyes
4
8 Members
thorold, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda
8
La dona de blanc
de Wilkie Collins
12,507 membres
333 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, HH_Library
9
La maledicció de Hill House
de Shirley Jackson
9,255 membres
426 ressenyes
3.9
7 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, 0wllight, bluepiano, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Cims borrascosos
de Emily Brontë
50,454 membres
679 ressenyes
3.9
6 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Shining
de Stephen King
22,495 membres
446 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Overlook Hotel
12
El Casalot
de Charles Dickens
13,404 membres
242 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
merrystar, thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
13
I Capture the Castle
de Dodie Smith
9,026 membres
288 ressenyes
4.1
6 Members
thorold, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
The Little Stranger
de Sarah Waters
5,009 membres
342 ressenyes
½ 3.6
6 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda
15
I aleshores no en quedà cap
de Agatha Christie
20,448 membres
520 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Little House in the Big Woods
de Laura Ingalls Wilder
15,705 membres
278 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, elkiedee, cej1027, ahef1963
17
The Westing Game
de Ellen Raskin
11,999 membres
334 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
La Pedra lunar : una narració amorosa
de Wilkie Collins
10,561 membres
249 ressenyes
4
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Sempre hem viscut al castell
de Shirley Jackson
7,771 membres
414 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda
20
Tales of the City
de Armistead Maupin
4,890 membres
104 ressenyes
3.9
5 Members
thorold, feeling.is.first, elkiedee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
thorold: 28 Barbary Lane
elkiedee: It's not a country house but Mrs Madrigal's Barbary Lane home in the middle of San Francisco where she rents out rooms to tenants is definitely a character in the story
21
The Gormenghast Trilogy
de Mervyn Peake
4,336 membres
66 ressenyes
4.1
5 Members
thorold, feeling.is.first, spiphany, 0wllight, jeffza
22
La Caiguda de la casa Usher
de Edgar Allan Poe
1,040 membres
30 ressenyes
½ 3.6
5 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, thecoroner, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
23
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
57,447 membres
902 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
El nom de la rosa
de Umberto Eco
19,249 membres
303 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
25
El Conte número tretze
de Diane Setterfield
16,886 membres
904 ressenyes
4
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, cej1027, ahef1963
26
The Shipping News
de E. Annie Proulx
13,366 membres
247 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, HH_Library
27
Bel Canto
de Ann Patchett
12,950 membres
452 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, HH_Library
28
Bag of Bones
de Stephen King
10,792 membres
145 ressenyes
½ 3.7
4 Members
mkbird, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The House of the Seven Gables
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
8,432 membres
113 ressenyes
½ 3.5
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The Turn of the Screw
de Henry James
7,896 membres
241 ressenyes
½ 3.4
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Housekeeping
de Marilynne Robinson
6,208 membres
206 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
mkbird, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963
32
Rosemary's Baby
de Ira Levin
4,481 membres
136 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Apartment building
33
Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
de Dorothy L. Sayers
3,873 membres
92 ressenyes
4.2
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, HH_Library
34
Jamaica Inn
de Daphne Du Maurier
3,723 membres
114 ressenyes
3.8
4 Members
thecoroner, elkiedee, alex68, ahef1963
35
The Yellow Wallpaper [short fiction]
de Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3,092 membres
140 ressenyes
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, 0wllight, ManWithAnAgenda
36
Memorial del convent
de José Saramago
2,394 membres
49 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
thorold, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
Explicacions
thorold: Not a house, but the huge convent at Mafra
37
Expiació
de Ian McEwan
25,996 membres
614 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, HH_Library
38
‘Salem's Lot
de Stephen King
15,725 membres
292 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explicacions
sturlington: Marsten House
39
Nostra Senyora de París
de Victor Hugo
13,715 membres
174 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
alex68, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
40
L'assassinat de Roger Ackroyd
de Agatha Christie
9,629 membres
309 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
41
The Dutch House
de Ann Patchett
4,217 membres
257 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, HH_Library
42
Austerlitz
de W. G. Sebald
4,042 membres
96 ressenyes
4.2
3 Members
thorold, thecoroner, alex68
43
Hotel Bertram
de Agatha Christie
3,707 membres
80 ressenyes
½ 3.5
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
44
The Castle of Otranto
de Horace Walpole
3,601 membres
121 ressenyes
3.1
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
45
The Woman in Black
de Susan Hill
3,468 membres
230 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
mkbird, sturlington, souloftherose
46
Slade House
de David Mitchell
3,143 membres
249 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
melonbrawl, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
47
The Mysteries of Udolpho
de Ann Radcliffe
2,845 membres
61 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Amityville Horror: A True Story
de Jay Anson
2,583 membres
86 ressenyes
½ 3.3
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
49
Altres veus, altres àmbits
de Truman Capote
2,499 membres
47 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
50
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
de John Bellairs
2,414 membres
75 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
51
The Enchanted Castle
de E. Nesbit
2,362 membres
35 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
merrystar, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
52
Dragonwyck
de Anya Seton
804 membres
18 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
thecoroner, alex68, HH_Library
53
Harry Potter i la Pedra Filosofal
de J. K. Rowling
130,228 membres
2,018 ressenyes
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
54
Falsa identitat
de Sarah Waters
7,707 membres
280 ressenyes
4
2 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963
55
Lirael
de Garth Nix
7,148 membres
136 ressenyes
4.2
2 Members
hipdeep, spiphany
56
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
de N. K. Jemisin
4,040 membres
281 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
57
El desert dels Tàrtars
de Dino Buzzati
2,432 membres
56 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
58
Tom's Midnight Garden
de Philippa Pearce
2,412 membres
41 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
59
Hell House
de Richard Matheson
2,259 membres
102 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Skull Beneath the Skin
de P. D. James
2,066 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
61
The Keep
de Jennifer Egan
1,971 membres
95 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
62
Leave the World Behind
de Rumaan Alam
1,949 membres
117 ressenyes
½ 3.5
2 Members
sturlington, HH_Library
63
The Children of Green Knowe
de L. M. Boston
1,609 membres
39 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, elkiedee
64
Follia
de Patrick McGrath
1,473 membres
34 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, 0wllight
65
The House on the Borderland
de William Hope Hodgson
1,429 membres
46 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, 0wllight
66
La Casa de la mesquita
de Kader Abdolah
1,286 membres
55 ressenyes
4
2 Members
EMS_24, elkiedee
67
The Light Years
de Elizabeth Jane Howard
1,216 membres
50 ressenyes
4
2 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963
68
White is for Witching
de Helen Oyeyemi
1,145 membres
50 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, Dilara86
69
The Circular Staircase
de Mary Roberts Rinehart
933 membres
41 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explicacions
sturlington: Didn't finish.
70
The Sundial
de Shirley Jackson
719 membres
19 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
71
Too Many Curses
de A. Lee Martinez
471 membres
26 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Friederike.Geissler, jmiserak
72
China Court: The Hours of a Country House
de Rumer Godden
448 membres
13 ressenyes
4
2 Members
feeling.is.first, souloftherose
73
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
de Eric Hodgins
377 membres
11 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
merrystar, alex68
74
House of Echoes
de Brendan Duffy
260 membres
46 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
mkbird, sturlington
75
Greenbanks
de Dorothy Whipple
155 membres
8 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, elkiedee
76
The Black House
de Paul Theroux
134 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
0wllight, bluepiano
77
The Picture of Contented New Wealth
de Tariq Goddard
17 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
melonbrawl, bluepiano
78
El Màgic d'Oz
de L. Frank Baum
21,245 membres
414 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
79
Coraline
de Neil Gaiman
19,571 membres
680 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
80
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
de Neil Gaiman
14,343 membres
939 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
81
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories
de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12,257 membres
91 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963,feeling.is.first
Explicacions
sturlington: Baskerville Hall; 221-B Baker St
82
A Room with a view
de E. M. Forster
10,918 membres
218 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
83
The House at Pooh Corner
de A. A. Milne
8,181 membres
75 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
84
Black House
de Stephen King
7,378 membres
76 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
85
La llogatera de Wildfell Hall
de Anne Brontë
7,295 membres
162 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
86
Her Fearful Symmetry
de Audrey Niffenegger
6,904 membres
465 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
87
Mexican Gothic
de Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4,310 membres
218 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
88
La vida manual d'ús: novel.les
de Georges Perec
3,706 membres
54 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
alex68
89
Glass Houses
de Rachel Caine
3,208 membres
175 ressenyes
3.8
Member
Dilara86
90
Rose Daughter
de Robin McKinley
2,860 membres
58 ressenyes
3.9
Member
merrystar
91
Els emigrats
de W. G. Sebald
2,419 membres
45 ressenyes
4.1
Member
thorold
92
The House on the Strand
de Daphne Du Maurier
2,297 membres
59 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
93
A Head Full of Ghosts
de Paul Tremblay
2,005 membres
140 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
94
The Pursuit of Love
de Nancy Mitford
1,872 membres
69 ressenyes
3.9
Member
elkiedee
95
Love in a Cold Climate
de Nancy Mitford
1,654 membres
44 ressenyes
3.8
Member
elkiedee
96
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
de Brock Clarke
1,571 membres
89 ressenyes
3
Member
sturlington
97
Tuesdays at the Castle
de Jessica Day George
1,555 membres
167 ressenyes
4.1
Member
merrystar
98
In the Dream House: A Memoir
de Carmen Maria Machado
1,544 membres
59 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not fiction, but the house is a pervasive memoir and makes many allusions to houses in fiction.
99
Something Fresh
de P. G. Wodehouse
1,528 membres
48 ressenyes
4
Member
thorold
Explicacions
thorold: First of the Blandings Castle novels
100
The Scapegoat
de Daphne Du Maurier
1,494 membres
46 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington