Herman Hesse's 1922 Bildungsroman parallels the life of Buddha and seems to argue that lessons cannot be taught but come from one's own struggle to find truth. Siddhartha is that most unusual of all stories - one that follows a character throughout most of his life . . . and describes that life in terms of a spiritual journey.
Former academic Setterfield pays tribute in her debut to Bronte and du Maurier heroines: a plain girl gets wrapped up in a dark, haunted ruin of a house, which guards family secrets that are not hers and that she must discover at her peril.
The story is a mild representation of the historical events that happened, althought the setting can be considered quiet accurate. For some reason, the character names are mixed up in the novel, for example the main protagonists William Pierce is changed to Edward Pierce and Edward Agar to Robert Agar.
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (2010)
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a companion novella to the Twilight series by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the story of a newborn vampire, Bree Tanner, who is featured in the third book of the series, Eclipse. It is written from the viewpoint of Bree, as opposed to the rest of the series which is predominantly narrated by character Bella Swan.
