Classic fiction (pre c 1945) books

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Inspired by his personal experiences and philosophical traditions, the works were dedicated to Cicero's close friend...  Read More >>

Considered to be one of America's first ghost stories, the 1820 short story follows a schoolteacher who is competing...  Read More >>

She gave up her dream for love. Now she must choose between the life she built...and the one she was meant for....  Read More >>

Crane's The Red Badge of Courage redefined war literature with its stark portrayal of a soldier's fear, courage,...  Read More >>

A forbidden love challenges rigid Gilded Age norms in The Age of Innocence, a Wharton's Pulitzer-winning tale of...  Read More >>

Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is a gothic masterpiece of vanity, sin, and corruption, where eternal youth hides...  Read More >>

Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina...  Read More >>

A surreal masterpiece from one of Japan's greatest writers  Read More >>

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular...  Read More >>

A beautiful retelling of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of an often forgotten, yet indispensable, character-Myrtle...  Read More >>

A brilliant, elegant, and playful novella newly in English by “one of Denmark’s most honored poets” (Publishers...  Read More >>

Life of the Buddha presents an English translation of P'alsangnok, a celebrated biography of the Buddha written...  Read More >>

This affordably priced anthology captures 19th-century art critic and polymath John Ruskin's timeless wisdom, which...  Read More >>

Over 200 years after the death of Louis-Benoit Zamor, the saga inspired by his life comes to an end. As the French...  Read More >>

Bush Studies (1902) is a collection of short stories which explore the dark side of the Australian bush experience:...  Read More >>

George Eliot's Silas Marner explores betrayal, isolation, and redemption, showing how love and community transform...  Read More >>

Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday blends mystery, satire, and allegory in a surreal tale of anarchists, espionage,...  Read More >>

Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth is a thrilling fusion of science and adventure, pioneering science...  Read More >>

Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby exposes love, ambition, and the fragile American Dream amid the glittering Jazz Age,...  Read More >>

Chopin's The Awakening shocked 1899 readers with its bold portrayal of female desire and independence, now hailed...  Read More >>

In the quiet heart of the Willow's forest, where the river moves at a patient pace, Finn meets the Great Tortoise-a...  Read More >>

In the quiet heart of the Willow's forest, where the river moves at a patient pace, Finn meets the Great Tortoise-a...  Read More >>

Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter explores sin, guilt, and hypocrisy in Puritan New England, cementing its place as...  Read More >>

Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town...  Read More >>