Classic Fiction

Within a Budding Grove (1919) is the second volume of Marcel Prousts seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time. Written while Proust was virtually co...

The Talking Jewels (1748) is an erotic novel by Denis Diderot. Although he is known as a leading radical philosopher of 18th century France, Didero...

Originally published in 1890, The Worlds Desire follows a wandering mans odyssey as he discovers the traumatic fate of his loved ones and native la...

Originally published in 1899, this vintage love story centers the plight of an isolated widow and the unsuspecting gentleman who tries to win her h...

Folk Tales of Bengal: Lifes Secret (1883) is a collection of stories by Lal Behari Dey. Inspired by the stories told to him by village elders in hi...

The Reign of Greed (1891) is a novel by José Rizal. Published in Belgium, the novel was a sequel to Touch Me Not (1887), both of which were written...

A period drama centering the power struggle for Queen Annes throne involving a poor young man and the two disparate figures eager to take her place...

Ghetto Tragedies (1899) is a collection of stories by Israel Zangwill. Raised in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the ...

Toilers of the Sea (1866) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, Toilers of the Sea is a stor...

A Modern Lover (1883) is a novel by George Moore. His debut novel marked a turning point in Moores early career, characterized to that point by poo...

The Delight Makers (1890) is a novel by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier with an introduction by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Written after nearly a d...

Youth (1857) is a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Published at the beginning of his career as a leading Russian author of his generation, Youth is the third ...

Howards End (1910) is a novel by English author E.M. Forster. Inspired by his interactions with the famous Bloomsbury Group of writers and intellec...

The Italian (1797) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffes final novel is a tragic story of romance and mystery set in Naples during the brutal yea...

Jennie Gerhardt (1911) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser. Controversial for its honest depiction of work, desire, and urban life, Jennie Gerhardt has ...

Grandchildren of the Ghetto (1892) is a novel by Israel Zangwill. Raised in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the pligh...

Are Parents People? (1924) is a collection of stories by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for womens suffrage, Miller explore...

The King of Schnorrers (1893) is a novel by Israel Zangwill. Raised in London by parents from Latvia and Poland, Zangwill understood the plight of ...

After growing tired of civilization, Basil Merton moves to the island known as Shetland with his young son, Mordaunt. Much more social than his fat...

Following the events of The Land That Time Forgot, Tom Billings wrangles a crew and leads a search effort to find the missing Bowen Tyler. Hes unkn...

When superstition plagues a small village, the workers go on a strike, leaving time for reflection. What started as a normal day in the dreary mini...

The Lustful Turk (1828) is an anonymously written pornographic novel. Published by infamous London pornographers John Benjamin Brookes and William ...

Mortal Coils (1921) is a collection of short fiction by English author Aldous Huxley. Focused on themes of love, taboo, disillusionment, and the wr...