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    • 1984

      George Orwell

      Klassiekers In George Orwell's iconic and prophetic masterpiece, "1984," a haunting vision of a dystopian future unfolds. Set in a world dominated by the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, the story follows Winston Smith, a lowly Party member whose very thoughts are scrutinized. As the Party manipulates history and suppresses truth, Winston's yearning for individuality and connection pushes him into a daring dance on the edge of rebellion. Amidst the grim landscape of thoughtcrime and doublethink, Winston embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim his autonomy and expose the suffocating control of the Party. Battling against the erasure of memory and the distortion of reality, he discovers the power of love, resistance, and the indomitable human spirit. Orwell's gripping narrative thrusts readers into a world where freedom is fragile and the battle for truth is relentless. As Winston navigates the treacherous labyrinth of deception, "1984" becomes a riveting exploration of the nature of authority, the

    • Pride and Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Fictie en literatuur An Apple Books Classic edition. Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” With all the twists and turns of a soap opera, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the drama that ensues when the wealthy bachelor Mr. Darcy moves close to the Bennet family home in the English countryside. The news of his arrival sends the socially ambitious Mrs. Bennet-whose main concern is finding suitable matches for her five daughters-into overdrive. The book’s main character, the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is a strikingly modern heroine: a woman who refuses to lower her expectations or transform herself to suit society’s norms. Austen’s novel achieves a remarkable balance, serving up barbed criticism of the obsession with money, status, and matrimony even as it draws us into a swoon-worthy love story. At its heart, Pride and Prejudice is a ro

    • The Great Gatsby

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classics edition. The Roaring Twenties are in full effect in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s riveting classic. Man-about-town Jay Gatsby seems to have it all, including loads of money and a massive mansion where he hosts wild, extravagant parties every Saturday. But Gatsby’s missing one thing: Daisy Buchanan, the love of his life, the one who got away. The Great Gatsby explores the impossible, but uniquely human, longing to return to the past and the costs associated with chasing the American Dream. It’s a beautifully written, entertaining read with timeless emotional appeal.

    • Moby Dick

      Herman Melville

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Herman Melville’s classic begins with one of the most famous opening lines in world literature: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick was a commercial failure when it was first published in 1851, but during the 20th century, the book’s reputation grew and grew. The novel features a memorable cast of characters, in particular the ivory-legged Captain Ahab, who lost a limb to the gargantuan white whale named Moby Dick. Now, Ahab’s sole obsession is hunting down the sea creature to exact his revenge. Heedless of warnings, Ahab risks ship and crew in his maniacal pursuit, bearing out Melville’s observation that ”there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”

    • Little Women

      Louisa May Alcott

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Meet the Marches! Louisa May Alcott’s classic introduces us to four unforgettable sisters: beautiful Meg, tomboyish Jo, delicate Beth, and Amy, the indulged youngest of the lot. With their father serving as a Union chaplain, the Marches help their devoted mother, Marmee, make ends meet as their fortunes dwindle. The book starts with the family performing a small act of kindness for a family even less fortunate than they are and expands from there, drawing us in as the March girls grow up-and experience joy, hardship, failure, heartbreak, success, and love. Alcott’s novel draws from her own life story. She herself was one of four sisters who all struck out on different paths. Open the pages of >Little Women and fall into a world of innocence and generosity-one that you’ll want to return to again and again.

    • White Nights

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant short story about love, loneliness, and fleeting human connections. Set in St. Petersburg during the ethereal "white nights" of summer, it follows a dreamy, solitary narrator who meets a young woman named Nastenka. Over four nights, he shares his fantasies and feelings, while she confides her longing for a lost lover. As the narrator falls in love with Nastenka, her lover returns, leaving him heartbroken but transformed by the experience. The story captures the bittersweet beauty of unrequited love and the human need for connection.

    • Animal Farm

      George Orwell

      Klassiekers Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

    • The Great Gatsby

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

      Klassiekers One of the greatest novels of the early 20th's century, The Great Gatsby tells the story of the extremely wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love of the gorgeous Daisy Buchanan, a love that eventually pulls him apart. Made available by The Walter Media Open Book Project  Publisher Website: waltermedia.weebly.com/open-book-project.html

    • The Count of Monte Cristo

      Alexandre Dumas

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Alexandre Dumas’ classic paints a portrait of Edmond Dantès, a dark and calculating man who is willing to wait years to exact his perfect plan for revenge. After his so-called friends frame him for treason, Dantès is sentenced to life imprisonment in a grim island fortress on what was supposed to be his wedding day. After 14 years, he manages to escape prison, but he is unable to free himself from an all-consuming fury. Instead, Dantès spends a decade carrying out the plan for revenge he conceived while behind bars, bringing nightmarish ruination to those who once betrayed him-and second chances to those who tried to save him. When it was first published in 1844, The Count of Monte Cristo quickly became the best-selling book in all of Europe. Dumas’ novel was ahead of its time, an exciting tale of adventure, treasure, secret identities, and daring escapes. It also reads like an early psychological thriller, leaving readers uneasy as they cheer Da

    • Brave New World

      Aldous Huxley

      Klassiekers Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. Huxley followed this book with a reassessment in essay form, Brave New World Revisited (1958), and with his final novel, Island (1962), the utopian counterpart. The novel is often compared to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World at number 5 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, Robert McCrum, writing for The Observer , included Brave New World chronologically at number 53 in "the top

    • Wuthering Heights

      Emily Brontë

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. If you’ve only ever seen Wuthering Heights on screen, you may have an image of Catherine and Heathcliff as the ultimate star-crossed lovers. But that’s just scratching the surface of this iconic Gothic romance. Emily Brontë’s only novel is an unabashedly dark tale of passion and revenge that created shockwaves upon its publication in 1847. Without spoiling too much, the original Heathcliff is breathtakingly vengeful, cruel, and possessive, not the deeply misunderstood romantic hero of some adaptations. And Brontë’s story does not end happily ever after. After tragedy strikes, Heathcliff haunts the swirling mists of the Yorkshire moors, consumed with possessing a ghost. A must-read for fans of Gothic literature, this novel will appeal to anyone who loves a creepy story.

    • The Invisible Man

      H.G. Wells

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. “Alone-it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.” What would you do if you were became invisible? Would you use that power for good, or would you become consumed with the freedom it afforded you? Griffin, the antihero of H.G. Wells’ classic novel, definitely belongs to the latter school of thought. A misunderstood genius with albinism, Griffin has suffered taunts and isolation his whole life. As he descends into madness, his plans become far darker than simple revenge on those who have wronged him. In addition to this creepy novel, H.G. Wells-who is widely seen as the father of science fiction-also wrote The War of the Worlds , The Time Machine , and The Island of Doctor Moreau ;. Besides killer plots, his work provides chilling insight on human nature. The Invisible Man is a story about cruelty, curiosity, and unfettered power. Read it-and you’ll immediately notice its inescapable in

    • The Scarlet Letter

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Hester Prynne lives in infamy. After committing adultery and bearing a child with a man whose name she refuses to divulge, the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel is forced to wear a scarlet A to mark her shame for all to see. Hawthorne’s American classic reflects the Puritan mindset of Boston in the 1600s, where public humiliation was acceptable punishment for a woman who bucked the norms. Never mind that Hester’s husband was widely believed to have died at sea and that Hester and her daughter are living a quiet life of good deeds in their little cottage outside town. Someone wants revenge-and will stop at nothing to get it. The Scarlet Letter incorporates supernatural elements with historical fiction. It’s a dark tale of sin and redemption with an unforgettable heroine whose story continues to fascinate readers and inspire film adaptations.

    • Great Expectations

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Charles Dickens’ classic explores potent themes like good versus evil, crime, repentance, love and betrayal. At the center of the story is Pip, an impoverished orphan who dreams of a better life. When a mysterious benefactor gifts Pip a substantial fortune, he’s rescued from a life of deprivation and abuse-and introduced to a memorable host of characters: the bizarre Miss Havisham, a wealthy heiress who was spurned at the altar; her cold, austere ward Estella, who eventually breaks Pip’s heart; and an escaped convict who teaches Pip that people aren’t always what they seem. Dickens’ novel-which was originally serialized in a weekly newspaper-contains major plot twists at every turn, which accounts for its enduring popularity. It’s a gripping read and a thrilling portrait of Victorian England.

    • Anna Karenina

      Leo Tolstoy

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Thus begins what many consider the world’s greatest novel. Leo Tolstoy originally published this sweeping saga in serial form beginning in 1875, portraying a vast swath of Russian life, from the fields worked by starving peasant farmers to the sitting rooms (and bedrooms) of privileged aristocrats. Despite its epic nature, Anna Karenina is an intricate, intimate study of one woman’s downward spiral into tragedy. As Anna’s husband becomes increasingly absorbed in philosophical and political introspection, Tolstoy’s heroine grows weary of her life as a mother and wealthy man’s wife. Increasingly unsettled by the stark class differences she observes, Anna finds passion again in a forbidden affair with Count Vronsky. But can she overcome her obsessive concern with societal norms to find a measure of happiness? Passion. Betrayal. Love. Revenge. Tolstoy’s classic h

    • Candide

      Voltaire

      Klassiekers "Candide" by Voltaire is a satirical novella that follows the naive protagonist, Candide, on a journey filled with misadventures, absurdities, and encounters with human folly. Through biting satire, Voltaire critiques optimism and societal norms while advocating for a more pragmatic worldview. The novella's wit and irreverence make it a timeless classic, offering insightful commentary on the human condition.

    • And Then There Were None

      Agatha Christie

      Klassiekers The world's best-selling mystery with over 100 million copies sold! Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die. The Spectator (London): ‘Agatha Christie's masterpiece.’ The New York Times: ‘The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. It is the most baffling mystery Agatha Christie has ever written.’

    • War and Peace

      Leo Tolstoy

      Klassiekers This is a classic title that is world renown and has been made the text of choice for many literature classes. Come read it today in digital form for free.

    • We

      Yevgeny Zamyatin

      Fictie en literatuur An Apple Books Classic edition. What happens when feelings get in the way of order? What is the price of perfecting society? Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We , like many of the dystopian novels that came after it, plays on our fears of being watched and controlled, of human emotions being criminalized. A lively critique of authoritarianism, We holds the honor of being the first book banned by the Soviet government. Zamyatin managed to get a copy of his novel to the United States, where it was published in 1924. We is set in a future world where there are no individual names—only numbers. The book opens with D-503 sharing the news that the spaceship he’s been building is complete. The United State, which rules Earth, can now find other planets with which to share their “mathematically infallible happiness.” But then, D-503 meets I-330, and despite not being assigned to her, he falls in love. It makes no sense: I-330 smokes, drinks, encourages imagination—all very illegal acts that wou

    • The Getting of Wisdom

      Henry Handel Richardson

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Writing as Henry Handel Richardson, Ethel Richardson drew on her personal experience to tell the story of her fictional heroine, Laura Rambotham. At age 12, Laura’s mother sends her intelligent, high-spirited daughter to boarding school, even though she can barely afford it with the money she makes doing embroidery. Most of Laura’s classmates come from wealthy backgrounds and look down on her, but that’s not the only issue: Laura’s creativity is at odds with the school’s narrow-mindedness and focus on developing genteel ladies. Her mettle is tested as she navigates her way through a confusing and sophisticated world. Initially published in 1910, The Getting of Wisdom is a timeless story of class conflict and the loss of innocence. The novel was adapted into a 1977 movie by Australian director Bruce Beresford.

    • Such Is Life

      Joseph Furphy

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Set in the Australian outback in the 19th century, Such Is Life is the fictional diary of Tom Collins, a bull driver with a penchant for philosophical musings. Author Joseph Furphy’s classic is known as much for its dry humour as it is for its historic value. The book unfolds as a collection of short vignettes about Tom’s travels and encounters. His descriptions of the outback make you feel like you’ve saddled up and are riding right next to him, and there’s a lot of fun to be had in deciphering entire paragraphs written in bush dialect. Immerse yourself in a long-gone era with this Australian classic.

    • My Brilliant Career

      Miles Franklin

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. This Australian classic explores what happens when a young woman’s professional ambitions-to build a “brilliant career” as a writer-collide with cultural expectations regarding women’s roles in work and marriage. Author Miles Franklin was just 16 when she first started writing this novel, which was published in 1901. The book's heroine, Sybylla Melvyn, comes of age in the 1890s in the Australian bush and helps support her family by working for a coarse and miserly neighbour. Franklin was bitterly disappointed by the popular belief that ;My Brilliant Career was autobiographical-and by the outraged reactions to the characters she depicts. She requested that the novel not be reprinted until 10 years after her death. An acclaimed 1979 movie adaptation helped revive interest in Franklin’s book, connecting it with a new and more receptive audience.

    • Robbery Under Arms

      Rolf Boldrewood

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Before there were Westerns, there was Robbery Under Arms , a novel that captures the legends of bushrangers-Australia’s outback outlaws. From the very first page, Rolf Boldrewood plunges readers into the action as the book’s narrator, Dick Marston, sits in a jail cell awaiting his execution and remembering the details of his misadventures. After a young Dick turns down a job offer from his neighbour George, one bad decision leads to a life of increasingly serious crimes-from petty theft to armed robbery to forming a gang with notorious bushranger Captain Starlight. Along the way, Dick stays in touch with his former friend, who may be able to provide a way out of the outlaw life. Written in the 1880s, Robbery Under Arms has influenced countless Western adventure books and movies that came after it. Boldrewood’s novel is full of double-crossings, gun fights and transgression.

    • The Railway Children

      Edith Nesbit

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. Edith Nesbit’s beloved novel captures the magical enchantment of childhood. Siblings Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis live a very comfortable life until their father disappears and they’re forced to move with their mother to a small country home near a train station. Despite their impoverished circumstances and their mother’s stress, the children never stop pursuing joy—and adventure. Between preventing a train accident, rescuing a Russian soldier, and befriending everyone in town, their days are full…even before they embark on their most important quest yet: finding their father. Set in the charming English countryside, this story will make you feel nostalgic for simpler times.

    • On Our Selection

      Steele Rudd

      Klassiekers An Apple Books Classic edition. The Rudds are having a tough go of things. Pioneering in the Australian outback is no easy task. Written in the late 19th century, Steele Rudd’s story collection paints a portrait of what life was like for settlers in Australia’s farthest corners. Rudd’s writing snaps with dark, Australian-flavoured humour. Each of his stories captures the daily struggles families faced on remote farms. Get ready to laugh, cry and become friends with the Rudds.

    • Wuthering Heights

      Emily Brontë

      Klassiekers The Novel Wuthering Heights tears off, roughly enough, the tinsel from passion. We have Heathcliff, harsh, pitiless, wolfish, without a spark of kindness for the woman whose passion yet fills his whole life, with less than kindness for his fellow-men; a human wild beast, uncommon but not unnatural, of whom there are many around us muzzled by society, and who show their fangs only in troubled times. The woman, too, equally dead to pity, but without downright malevolence, is bright and biting as a clear day in winter. The passion of these human tigers for each other is pure love, or rather sheer love. Without the shadow of remorse for the share he had in her fate, he lives through many years with his heart moaning for his love; he hears her in the wailing winds, he sees her in the midnight mists; when he dies, worn out by his heated brain, the hope that smiles on his brow is to have his place in the church-yard corner where she lies; brighter than heaven to him, to lie by the side of th

    • Of Mice and Men

      John Steinbeck

      Klassiekers Of Mice and Men is a classic novella written by John Steinbeck. First published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States. Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers as a teenager in the 1910s (before the arrival of the Okies that he would describe in The Grapes of Wrath). The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which reads: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.) While it is a book taught in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century.

    • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

      Jules Verne

      Klassiekers When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-fr

    • The Divine Comedy

      Dante Alighieri

      Klassiekers The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia Italian pronunciation: [di ˈ vi ː na kom ˈ m ɛː dja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

    • Pilgrim's Progress

      John Bunyan

      Klassiekers Often disguised as something that would help him, evil accompanies Christian on his journey to the Celestial City. As you walk with him, you’ll begin to identify today’s many religious pitfalls. These are presented by men such as Pliable, who turns back at the Slough of Despond; and Ignorance, who believes he’s a true follower of Christ when he’s really only trusting in himself. Each character represented in this allegory is intentionally and profoundly accurate in its depiction of what we see all around us, and unfortunately, what we too often see in ourselves. But while Christian is injured and nearly killed, he eventually prevails to the end. So can you. The best part of this book is the Bible verses added to the text. The original Pilgrim’s Progress listed the Bible verse references, but the verses themselves are so impactful when tied to the scenes in this allegory, that they are now included within the text of this book. The text is tweaked just enough to make it reada

    • The Sound and the Fury

      William Faulkner

      Klassiekers The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.

    • The Toilers of the Sea

      Victor Hugo

      Klassiekers A new translation by Scot James Hogarth for the first unabridged English edition of the novel, which tells the story of a reculsive fisherman from the Channel Islands who must free a ship that has run aground in order to win the hand of the woman he loves, a shipowner's daughter.

    • The Harvard Classics - All 284 Works in 71 Volumes

      Adam Smith, Aeschylus, Aesop, Alessandro Manzoni, Alexander L. Kielland, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Aristophanes, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Ben Jonson, Benjamin Franklin, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Blaise Pascal, Bret Harte, Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, David Hume, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Burke, Edward Everett Hale, Epictetus, Euripides, Francis Bacon, Friedrich von Schiller, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Berkeley, George Eliot, George Sand, Gottfried Keller, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Guy de Maupassant, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry Fielding, Henry James, Hermann von Helmholtz, Homer, Honoré Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Izaak Walton, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Jane Austen, Jean Froissart, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jean Racine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, John Bunyan, John Dryden, John Locke, John Milton, John Stuart Mill, John Webster, John Woolman, Juan Valera, Laurence Sterne, Leo Tolstoy, Lord Byron, Lord Kelvin, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Mark Twain, Martin Luther, Michael Faraday, Molière, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Niccolò Machiavelli, Oliver Goldsmith, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Philip Massinger, Pierre Corneille, Plato, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Ralph Waldo Emerson, René Descartes, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Richard Henry Dana, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Sir Thomas Browne, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas More, Sir Walter Scott, Sophocles, Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm, Thomas à Kempis, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Hobbes, Eirikr Magnusson, William Morris, Francis B. Gummere, John O'Hagan, Sir Edwin Arnold, Whitley Stokes, Victor Marie Hugo, Virgil, Voltaire, Washington Irving, William Harrison, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Penn, William Roper & William Shakespeare

      Klassiekers In an era of fleeting information and ephemeral digital bytes, the Harvard Classics stand as a monumental testament to the enduring power of great literature. Conceived by Charles W. Eliot, then President of Harvard University, this unparalleled collection of the world's most significant literary, philosophical, and scientific works offers a profound journey through the annals of human thought and creativity. Eliot believed that a liberal education could be gained by devoting just fifteen minutes a day to reading from a well-curated collection of books. With this vision, he embarked on the ambitious project of assembling a "five-foot shelf" that would encapsulate the essence of Western civilization's intellectual heritage. The result is a 51-volume anthology, now accompanied by the 20-volume Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, that encompasses everything from the sublime poetry of Homer and Shakespeare to the groundbreaking treatises of Darwin and Newton. Each volume invites readers to

    • 1984

      George Orwell

      Klassiekers Experience a world of totalitarian control and government surveillance in George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. Follow the story of Winston Smith, a man struggling against the oppressive rules of the Party, as he embarks on a forbidden love affair and becomes caught in the crosshairs of a revolution. With its powerful themes of rebellion and totalitarianism, 1984 is a must-read for fans of thought-provoking fiction. Don't miss out on this timeless classic.

    • ‎⁨قلعه حیوانات⁩

      Mohsen Safari & George Orwell

      Klassiekers قلعه حیوانات یک قصه پریان است که در آن “همه حیوانات برابرند اما بعضی برابرترند”. این رمان به شکلی طنز در پاسخ به ظهور استالینیسم در روسیه و پس از انقلاب نوشته شده که بدون شک می‌توان در دیگر مملکتها نیز موارد مشابه ماهیّت آن را پیدا کرد.

    • The Bell Jar

      Sylvia Plath

      Klassiekers The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

    • The Little Prince

      Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

      Klassiekers The Little Prince is a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. First published in 1943, it tells the story of a young prince who travels from planet to planet, meeting various characters and learning important life lessons. The book is a philosophical and poetic exploration of themes such as friendship, love, and the human condition. It is considered a classic of children's literature and has been translated into over 300 languages. It is also a popular and enduring work of adult literature. It is a simple yet profound story that has been enjoyed by generations of readers of all ages.

    • 100 Greatest Books Collection

      Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charlotte Brontë, William Shakespeare, William Golding, Lewis Carroll, Louisa May Alcott, John Steinbeck, Emily Bronte, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles Dickens, L.M. Montgomery, A. A. Milne, Alexandre Dumas, Leo Tolstoy, Kurt Vonnegut, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Anna Sewell, Hermann Hesse, Miguel de Cervantes, Herman Melville, Bram Stoker, Lyman Frank Baum, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Niccolò Machiavelli, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, The Brothers Grimm, Kenneth Grahame, Jules Verne, J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Gustave Flaubert, George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Theodore Dreiser, Nikolai Gogol, Émile Zola, Wilkie Collins, W. Somerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, E. M. Forster, Edith Wharton, Henry Fielding, Robert Louis Stevenson, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Homer, Voltaire, Johanna Spyri, Ivan Turgenev, Samuel Richardson, Honoré de Balzac & William Faulkner

      Klassiekers Embark on a literary journey through the ages with the "100 Greatest Books Collection" a meticulously curated anthology that brings together an exquisite blend of timeless classics and modern masterpieces. This collection is a testament to the enduring power of storytelling, showcasing the literary gems that have shaped cultures, inspired generations, and continue to captivate readers across the globe. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hod

    • Sense and Sensibility

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Sense and Sensi

    • For Whom the Bell Tolls

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordan's love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of El Sordo's last stand, in his brilliant travesty of La Pasionaria and his unwillingness to believe in blind faith, Hemingway surpasses his achievement in The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms to create a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving and wise. "If the function of a writer is to reveal reality," Maxwell Perkins wrote to Hemingway after reading the manuscript, "no one ever so completely performed it." Greater in pow

    • The Richest Man in Babylon

      George S. Clason

      Klassiekers Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth. Countless readers have been helped by the famous "Babylonian parables," hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of — and a solution to — your personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your money — and making more. The Richest Man in Babylon: Read it and recommend it to loved ones—and get on the road to riches. George S. Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 7, 1874. He attended the University of

    • The Idiot

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers The Idiot (Russian: Идио́т, Idiot) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–9. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince (Knyaz) Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness and open-hearted simplicity lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky set himself the task of depicting "the positively good and beautiful man".

    • ‎⁨شاهزاده کوچولو⁩

      Antoine de Saint-Exupery & Mohsen Safari

      Klassiekers شاهزاده کوچولو یک کتاب ایده‌آل برای کودکان و خوانندگان از تمامی سنین - چه جوان و چه بزرگسال - است. کودکان افسانه دوست داشتنی که داستان آن به زیبایی توسط آنتوان دو سنت اگزوپری بیان می‌شود را تحسین می‌کنند در حالی که خوانندگان بزرگسال آن را به خاطر آنچه که به طور واقعی با قلبشان درک می‌کنند مورد قدردانی قرار می‌دهند.

    • 50 Great Authors

      Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway, Ayn Rand, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. M. Forster, Oscar Wilde, Alexandre Dumas, Anna Sewell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Daniel Defoe, Dante Alighieri, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Émile Zola, Emily Bronte, Franz Kafka, Frederick Douglass, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Bernard Shaw, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, H.G. Wells, Henrik Ibsen, Henry Fielding, Herman Melville, Hermann Hesse, Homer, James Joyce, Jane Austen, Johanna Spyri, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Kenneth Grahame, L. M. Montgomery, Lewis Carroll, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Mary Shelley, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sinclair Lewis, Stendhal, Victor Hugo, Virginia Woolf, Voltaire, William Faulkner & William Shakespeare

      Klassiekers Discover the timeless works of literature’s most influential voices with the "50 Great Authors" Book Set, a meticulously curated collection that celebrates the genius of 50 legendary authors and their most iconic masterpieces. From enthralling mysteries to epic adventures, this collection spans genres, eras, and cultures, bringing together the finest examples of storytelling and thought-provoking prose.

    • The Art of War

      Sun Tzu

      Klassiekers Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike.

    • Grimm's Fairy Tales

      The Brothers Grimm

      Klassiekers Children's and Household Tales is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimms' Fairy Tales. They are the stories we've known since we were children: Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Cap, and many more. Many of these tales begin with the familiar refrain of “once upon a time”—but they end with something unexpected and fascinating!

    • The Count of Monte Cristo

      Alexandre Dumas

      Klassiekers Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s. Robin Buss’s lively English translation is complete and unabridged, and remains faithful to the style of Dumas’s original. This edition includes an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading.

    • The Gilded Age

      Mark Twain

      Klassiekers The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. The book is remarkable for two reasons—it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life.

    • The Stranger

      Albert Camus

      Klassiekers The Stranger is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus' philosophy, absurdism, coupled with existentialism; though Camus personally rejected the latter label. Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. Translated four times into English, and also into numerous other languages, the novel has long been considered a classic of 20th-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its 100 Books of the Century. The novel was twice adapted as films: Lo Straniero (1967) (Italian) by Luchino Visconti and Yazgı (2001, Fate) by Zeki Demirkubuz (Turkish).

    • The Brothers Karamazov

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet paradoxically unite them.

    • The Idiot

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky's own views, afflictions and manners.

    • A Tale of Two Cities

      Charles Dickens

      Fictie en literatuur The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several characters through these events.

    • A Christmas Carol

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman, learns the true meaning of Christmas after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future.

    • David Copperfield

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers The novel traces the life of David Copperfield from the time of his birth to his mature manhood, when he is married and familiar with the vicissitudes of life. His early years are enjoyable with his mother — who was widowed shortly before his birth — and with her servant, Peggotty. Life is happy for David until his mother decides to marry Mr. Murdstone; afterward, life becomes unbearable for David. He is soon sent to a miserable school where he becomes friendly with James Steerforth, a fellow student.

    • Pride and Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Pride and Preju

    • Ulysses

      James Joyce

      Klassiekers Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach in February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,[1] it has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking."

    • Persuasion

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Persuasion may

    • The Kama Sutra

      Vātsyāyana

      Klassiekers Translated from the ancient Sanskrit, Vātsyāyana’s Kama Sutra is the world’s archetypal erotic guide, a glimpse into loving through the ages. This edition brings the two thousand year old text to a modern audience, enlightening them in the art of sensual pleasure and touch. In addition to a translation of the complete original text, this publication includes a new preface, encompassing the historical and cultural roots of this timeless and universal piece of world literature.

    • The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

      Edgar Allan Poe

      Klassiekers Edgar Allan Poe was an American author and poet who is considered a central figure in American Romanticism. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe spent most of his life struggling with poverty and addiction. Despite these challenges, he left a lasting mark on American literature with his dark and macabre works. Poe is best known for his tales of mystery and horror, such as "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." These stories often explore themes of death, madness, and the supernatural, and they are characterized by their vivid descriptions, eerie atmosphere, and psychological complexity. Poe's writing is also credited with pioneering the modern detective story. In addition to his short stories, Poe also wrote poetry. His most famous poem, "The Raven," was first published in 1845 and tells the story of a man haunted by a mysterious bird. The poem's haunting refrain of "nevermore" has become one of the most famous lines in American literature, and its influence

    • 1000+ Classic Works - Index

      Various Authors

      Klassiekers 1000+ classics by 200+ Authors YOU MUST READ! CONTENTS: 9 classics Books that Changed the World 10 classics by 7 Authors 17 classic love&romance books by 11 Authors 17 Works By 17 Great Philosophers 21 classics by17 Authors 22 Great Biographies& Memoirs 14 Works of Change the world 23 Classic By 14 Authors 30+ classic Adventure Fiction  30+ classics Children and juvenile fiction 30+ Classics Pirate Fictions! 50+ classic Crime And Detective Fiction1 50+(vol.2) classic Crime And Detective Fiction 50+ classic horror fiction 50 + Classic Science Fiction 4+Complete Works Of Charlotte Brontë 6+ Complete Works of Bram Stoker 8+ The Complete Works Of Jane Austen 10 Complete Works of Charles Dickens 10+ the Complete Works of H.G. Wells 12+ THE COMPLETE WORKS OF Alexandre Dumas 15 COMPLETE WORKS OF H. RIDER HAGGARD 20+ The Complete Works Of Edgar Rice Burroughs ( Author Of Tarzan ) 20+ Works of Plato 25+ Personal Collection of Works By Jules Verne 30+ WORKS OF Jack London( Read th

    • The Turn of the Screw

      Henry James

      Klassiekers In this blood-curdling story, that imagination weaves the lives of two children, a governess in love with her employer, and a sprawling country house into a flawless story, still unsurpassed as the prototype of modern horror fiction.

    • Moby Dick

      Herman Melville

      Klassiekers In the 18th century a young man named Ishmael volunteers to work on-board the Pequod, a whaling ship. Under the command of Captain Ahab the crew pursue Moby Dick, a great white whale, who took his leg. Ishmael recounts the events of the voyage.

    • The Gambler

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts.

    • Death on the Nile

      Agatha Christie

      Klassiekers Agatha Christie's most daring travel mystery. The tranquility of a lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything – until she lost her life. Who's also on board? Christie's great detective Hercule Poirot. He recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Despite the exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems… Librarian's note: This Hercule Poirot novel should not be confused with the short story of the same name. Also by Christie. But it starred Parker Pyne. It came out several years earlier. The title and locale are the same, but the contents are quite different. It is not a precursor of this story.

    • Swann's Way

      Marcel Proust

      Klassiekers Swann's Way tells two related stories, the first of which revolves around Marcel, a younger version of the narrator, and his experiences in, and memories of, the French town Combray. Inspired by the "gusts of memory" that rise up within him as he dips a Madeleine into hot tea, the narrator discusses his fear of going to bed at night. He is a creature of habit and dislikes waking up in the middle of the night not knowing where he is. He claims that people are defined by the objects that surround them and must piece together their identities bit by bit each time they wake up.

    • A Christmas Carol

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers Celebrate the spirit of the season with this complimentary edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol –the perfect companion for a cozy night by the fire. Includes an exclusive excerpt from Marley , Jon Clinch’s masterful reimagining of A Christmas Carol : “In Marley, again Jon Clinch shows his genius, taking Dickens’ A Christmas Carol , and turning it inside out, revealing its contemporary wonder, making the characters and actions of both Scrooge and Marley entirely modern, without losing a beat of Dickens’ Victorian music.” —Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife “I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!” Since its publication in 1843, A Christmas Carol has become a cultural touchstone, imparting a message as relevant to our world today as it was in Dickens’ own Victorian age. As it tells the story of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve, the book reminds

    • Pride & Prejudice

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Its humour lies in its honest depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money during the Regency era in Great Britain.

    • Madame Bovary

      Gustave Flaubert

      Klassiekers Comme elles sont longues, les journées d’Emma dans la pluvieuse campagne normande. Alors pour tromper son ennui, elle trompe son mari, Charles, brave médecin de campagne. Et elle accumule les aventures sentimentales pathétiques avec des amants manipulateurs, cruels, intéressés. La nature humaine est analysée au scalpel dans ce chef-d’œuvre de Gustave Flaubert, qui aurait confié : « Emma, c’est moi ». Et c’est vrai qu’Emma, c’est un peu nous tous. C’est bien toute la force de ce récit à lire et relire.

    • Dracula

      Bram Stoker

      Klassiekers Dracula is a Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, considered to be one of the most enduring and skillful examples of the modern vampire genre. It tells the story of Count Dracula, and of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, who attempts to thwart the vampire in his attempt to move from Transylvania to London, in order to find new blood and spread the undead curse. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Bram Stoker was a 19th-century Irish writer best known for Dracula. During his lifetime, Stoker was also the business manager of the Lyceum Theater in London. In order to write Dracula, Stoker spent years researching European folklore and vampire mythology, and the product was the book that would become a classic of horror fiction. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern Studies from Yale University. She is author of Joyce, Decadence, and Emancipation(Universi

    • Love and Friendship

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a fourth, which was eventually titled Sanditon . Austen died in Winchester on 18 July 1817, at the age of 41,

    • Mansfield Park

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Jane Aust

    • Little Dorrit

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers In his eleventh novel, illustrated by Phiz and published by Bradbury and Evans, Dickens' childhood memories of his father's imprisonment in the Marshalsea for debt are brought forth again as the centerpiece of the story of William Dorrit, whose family is also imprisoned there.

    • The Time Machine

      H.G. Wells

      Klassiekers The Time Machine cemented author H.G. Wells as the father of modern science fiction. In it, the Time Traveller embarks on a staggering journey 800,000 years into the future, where he is propelled to the age of a slowly dying Earth. There he encounters the highly evolved Eloi, as well as the brutish Morlocks who lurk beneath in tunnels. The Time Machine offers a harrowing and penetrating look into a proposed future for mankind, and illuminates its roots in the present. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. H.G. Wells was an English writer who pioneered the science fiction genre and wrote more than 100 books during his career. The Time Machine, his first novel, brought him instant fame. Wells is known also as a futurist, his works foretelling the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, and nuclear weapons. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern

    • Emma

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote three additional novels, Lady Susan , Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , all published posthumously, and began a forth, which was eventually titled Sanditon . The Novel Emma , th

    • The Sun Also Rises

      Ernest Hemingway

      Klassiekers A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.

    • The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

      Rustichello of Pisa

      Klassiekers The Christian audience of the text caused Marco Polo to appeal to Christians in his writing. Upon finding Christians on his travels he often places them in a positive light.

    • Northanger Abbey

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon . Austen died in Winchester on 18 July 1817, at the age of 41, before completing it. The Novel Of the six published novels, Northanger Abbey is, probably, that which comes nearest to being Jane Austen’s earliest work. Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's

    • Lady Susan

      Jane Austen

      Klassiekers The Author There was nothing of the literary woman in the external affairs of her life and its conduct. Born on 16 December, 1775, at Steventon in Hampshire, of which her father was rector, and dying at Winchester on 18 July, 1817, she passed the intervening years almost entirely in the country. She lived with her family in Bath from 1801 to 1806, and at Southampton from 1806 to 1809. Later, she paid occasional visits to London where she went not a little to the play; but she never moved in “literary circles,” was never “lionised” and never drew much advantage from personal contact with other people of intellect. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon. The Novel Lady Susan was p

    • The Old Curiosity Shop

      Charles Dickens

      Klassiekers The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth. The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset by Dickens's creation of a dazzling contemporary world inhabited by some of his most brilliantly drawn characters-the eloquent ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller; the hungry maid known as the "Marchioness"; the mannish lawyer Sally Brass; Quilp's brow-beaten mother-in-law; and Quilp himself, the lustful, vengeful dwarf, whose demonic energy makes a vivid counterpoint to Nell's purity.

    • Tales of Old Japan

      Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

      Klassiekers This work is a part of the Lit2Go collection, a collaboration between the Florida Department of Education and the University of South Florida College of Education. Lit2Go is dedicated to supporting literacy teaching and learning by providing access to historically and culturally significant literature in K-12 schools.

    • The Iliad of Homer

      Homer

      Klassiekers The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War.

    • A Christmas Carol

      Charles Dickens & HappyReads.net

      Klassiekers This e-book is a completely new way to learn English vocabulary Fast and Fun! Start reading the original book and playing with the interactive word building games to master the vocabulary listed in this book. The vocabulary words you’ll find in this book are most frequently used words.   By creating your own notes and study cards, you will be familiarized with the words that will help you learn to read better. Do purchase our Word Builder Series  books to mastering English vocabulary in the fastest, easiest and most fun way possible! FEATURES: --------------------------------------------  Create your own notes and flash cards  Selected vocabulary words Interactive word games for the selected words Search Word Match Word Typing Word Hangman

    • Jane Eyre

      Charlotte Brontë

      Klassiekers The Novel "How well I remember the delight, and wonder, and pleasure with which I read Jane Eyre , sent to me by an author whose name and sex were then unknown to me; the strange fascinations of the book; and how my own work pressing upon me, I could not, having taken the volumes up, lay them down until they were read through." — W. M. Thackeray .  At first we see Jane Eyre as an orphan, dependent upon a rich aunt by marriage, and subject to the bad treatment of a poor ill-favoured relation. Her temper is soured by the oppression of grown-up people and the tyranny of children; and the first act ends at a half-charity school for orphans, whither she is sent as a punishment. The second part exhibits Jane as governess to the protégé of a Mr. Rochester,—a hard, peculiar, and to the reader a rather disagreeable person of forty, in whom there is much talk and some little mystery. The mystery, however, is explained, when, after a course of hardly "proper" conduct between a single

    • Suç ve Ceza

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers Merdivende ev sahibesiyle karşılaşmaktan başarıyla kaçınmıştı. Çatı katı beş katlı yüksek bir evin çatısı altındaydı ve bir odadan çok bir dolaba benziyordu. Ona çatı katı, yemekler ve bakıcılık sağlayan ev sahibesi alt katta oturuyordu ve ne zaman dışarı çıksa, kapısı her zaman açık olan mutfağının önünden geçmek zorunda kalıyordu. Ve her yanından geçtiğinde genç adam, kaşlarını çatmasına ve utanmasına neden olan hastalıklı, korkmuş bir duyguya kapıldı. Ev sahibesine umutsuzca borçluydu ve onunla tanışmaktan korkuyordu.

    • A History of the United States

      Cecil Chesterton

      Klassiekers The author of this book, my brother, died in a French military hospital of the effects of exposure in the last fierce fighting that broke the Prussian power over Christendom; fighting for which he had volunteered after being invalided home. Any notes I can jot down about him must necessarily seem jerky and incongruous; for in such a relation memory is a medley of generalisation and detail, not to be uttered in words. One thing at least may fitly be said here. Before he died he did at least two things that he desired. One may seem much greater than the other; but he would not have shrunk from naming them together. He saw the end of an empire that was the nightmare of the nations; but I believe it pleased him almost as much that he had been able, often in the intervals of bitter warfare and by the aid of a brilliant memory, to put together these pages on the history, so necessary and so strangely neglected, of the great democracy which he never patronised, which he not only loved but ho

    • Poor Folk

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky

      Klassiekers This novel brought its 24-year-old author critical and public acclaim nearly overnight. Written in the form of letters, it recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg's slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress. Compact and easy to read, it represents an excellent introduction to Dostoyevsky's work.

    • Jane Eyre

      Charlotte Brontë

      Klassiekers Orphaned as a child, Jane has felt an outcast her whole young life. Her courage is tested once again when she arrives at Thornfield Hall, where she has been hired by the brooding, proud Edward Rochester to care for his ward Adèle. Jane finds herself drawn to his troubled yet kind spirit. She falls in love. Hard. But there is a terrifying secret inside the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall. Is Rochester hiding from Jane? Will Jane be left heartbroken and exiled once again?

    • The Scarlet Letter

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Klassiekers The Scarlet Letter is generally considered to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece. Set in 17th century Boston, it follows the plight of Hester Prynne, a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock, refuses to name the  father, and is condemned to wear a scarlet ‘A’ for the rest of her life. With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne reaches back to America’s Puritan roots to probe themes of lust, sin, guilt and redemption. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote at the forefront of dark romanticism. His renderings of colonial America reflect the strictures of New England Puritanism and give voice to characters who try to extricate themselves from social conventions. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Modern Studies from Yale University. She is author of Joyce, Decadence, and Emancipation(University of Illino

    • The Plague

      Albert Camus

      Klassiekers The Plague was originally published in 1947 in French as La Peste . It is a novel written by the late Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, Albert Camus, and has revived in popularity due to its relevance in 2020 amidst the Global COVID-19 Pandemic. The story is of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran, in which the characters who range from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects that the plague has on a populace. It poses many philosophical questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The story is believed to be inspired by the cholera epidemic that killed a large percentage of Oran's population in 1849 following French colonization. Sadly, Oran and its surrounding areas were struck by disease multiple times in history. According to a research report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oran was decimated by the plague in 1556 and 1678, but fortunately all later outbreaks, in 1921 (185 cases), 1931 (76 cases),

    • House of the Seven Gables

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Klassiekers The curse of Mathew Maule descends on seven generations of the inhabitants of an old New England house.

    • Little Woman

      Louisa May Alcott

      Klassiekers Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, and readers demanded to know more about the characters. Read it today!

    • El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha I

      Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

      Fictie en literatuur El Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero, México cumple el compromiso plasmado en la edición impresa: “Ahora desde Guerrero, México esta innovadora edición será producida en medios digitales, en discos compactos y quedará al libre acceso en las redes sociales virtuales con la única solicitud de que se respeten los créditos”. Nuestra producción está lista para descargarla gratuitamente, también para navegar desde nuestros portales tanto del gobierno del Estado, como del Instituto Guerrerense de la Cultura y de los editores; además produciremos tantos discos compactos como sean necesarios para que cada una de las escuelas de la entidad dispongan de ejemplares de consulta y sean ofertados mediante una simple cuota de recuperación. Guerrero se coloca en la primera línea internacional de ediciones digitales de El Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, al nivel de la edición del Instituto Cervantes en su biblioteca virtual y de otras muy importantes casas editoriales. Esta

    • Effi Briest

      Theodor Fontane

      Klassiekers Mit über 75 Jahren legt Theodor Fontane 1896 einen Gesellschaftsroman vor, der stilprägend für die ganze Gattung sein sollte und auch Schriftsteller wie Thomas Mann nachhaltig beeinflusste. Das Meisterwerk des poetischen Realismus erzählt die Geschichte der 17-jährigen Effi Briest, deren unglückliche Zwangsehe mit einem wesentlich älteren Mann sie in eine Affäre treibt, die eine Lawine tragischer Ereignisse auslöst. Intelligent und geistreich kritisiert Fontane die bürgerliche Moral der Wilhelminischen Ära, in der echte Emotionen keinen Platz hatten. Gefühlvoll durchdringt er das Seelenleben seiner Protagonistin und spricht ihr im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes aus dem Herzen. Dieses wunderbare Buch ist definitiv eine Wiederentdeckung wert.

    • The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems

      Geoffrey Chaucer

      Klassiekers The object of this volume is to place before the general reader our two early poetic masterpieces - The Canterbury Tales and The Faerie Queen to do so in a way that will render their "popular perusal" easy in a time of little leisure and unbounded temptations to intellectual languor and, on the same conditions, to present a liberal and fairly representative selection from the less important and familiar poems of Chaucer and Spenser.

    • Jane Eyre

      Charlotte Brontë

      Fictie en literatuur A young governess falls in love with her reclusive employer in Charlotte Brontë’s classic coming-of-age novel. Featuring an exclusive foreword from Catherine Lowell and excerpt from her debut novel The Madwoman Upstairs .

    • The Grapes of Wrath

      John Steinbeck

      Klassiekers The Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression, a book that galvanized—and sometimes outraged—millions of readers. First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man’s fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman’s stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. At once a naturalis

    • The Raven

      Edgar Allan Poe & Gustave Doré

      Klassiekers This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven includes: • All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré from the 1884 Harper & Brothers edition • A informative introduction • A detailed biography of Edgar Allan Poe • An illustrated version and a text-only version of the poem No poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response that Poe’s “The Raven” did when it was first published in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe a household name overnight (though his great fame never brought much wealth), and the poem, a powerfully haunting elegy to lost love remains to this day one of the most beloved and recognizable works in the English language. The illustrations that accompany this Top Five Classics edition were created by renowned French artist Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 release of The Raven . Doré completed his steel-plate engravings just before passing away in January 1883. His po

    • Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

      Jules Verne

      Klassiekers C’est le roman d’aventure par excellence. Écrit il y a plus d’un siècle, ce récit de voyage connu dans le monde entier n’a pas pris une ride. Le pari d’un gentleman anglais de réussir le tour du monde en 80 jours pourrait faire rire à l’heure d’Internet et des voyages express. Et pourtant, il n’en est rien. Bien au contraire. Les aventures de Phileas Fogg et de son célèbre valet Passepartout continuent de fasciner des générations de lecteurs impatients de savoir si le défi sera relevé.

    • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

      Mark Twain

      Klassiekers Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, a book that has inspired troves of writers in its wake, and that has sparked generations of discussion and debate. It is a novel by Mark Twain noted for its depiction of people and locations along the Mississippi River. One of the first major American novels to employ vernacular English, Adventure of Huckleberry Finn offers a satire on Southern Antebelleum society, particularly regarding attitudes of racism. Told in the first person by protagonist Huckleberry Finn, the book is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, Ph.D. in literature and modern studies from Yale University. Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. Raised in Missouri, Twain gained prominence for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter known as a Great American Novel. Vivian Heller received her Ph.D. in English Literatur

    • The Wind in the Willows

      Kenneth Grahame

      Klassiekers This amazing novel focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames. Read this ebook now! You will not regret!

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