Classics - Libros y biografía

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you." ― Jane Austen, Persuasion Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817,...

A chronicle of the tragedies in the lives of two seemingly ''perfect couples'' whose lives are far from perfect, this novel was loosely based on two real-life incidents of adultery and on Ford's own messy...

A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles"

The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien...

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical...

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) The Death of Ivan Ilyich was first published in 1886. It is a novella by Leo Tolstoy....

Une vie ou l'humilité Vérité  est le premier roman de Guy de Maupassant, paru d'abord en feuilleton en 1883 dans le  Gil Blas , puis en même temps, sous le titre  L'Humble Vérité . Le roman décrit la...

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death", is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts...

In an isolated town called Vondervotteimittis (wonder-what-time-it-is), the punctilious inhabitants seem to be concerned with nothing but clocks and cabbage. This methodical, boring and quiet little borough...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and ?in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. The Brothers...

Delve into the mystifying, thought-provoking universe of Franz Kafka with this comprehensive collection of his complete novels. This meticulously curated volume features Kafka's seminal works, including...

Dive into the world of ingenious detective work and thrilling twists with "Father Brown (Complete Collection): 53 Murder Mysteries," the ultimate anthology of G.K. Chesterton's beloved sleuth. This complete...

"The greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." —E. M. Forster "[Lawrence] was a language, a setting, a world entirely of his own… He was, like all true poetry, against tepid living and tepid loves…...

The Efficiency Expert, an often overlooked by Burroughs' fans, is a cracking tale of young Jimmy Torrance, an upstanding college graduate in post-World War I Chicago who inadvertently rubs shoulders with...

"The Return of Tarzan" follows Tarzan as he navigates life after losing Jane. He becomes a French Secret Service agent, survives assassination attempts, and eventually returns to the African jungle. There,...

Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old - "You suppose...

Having fulfilled this vow for many years to the letter, and with a religious punctuality and method that conferred great credit upon him as a man of devout feeling and excellent sense, he was interrupted...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially...

"Cuore" venne pubblicato per la prima volta il 17 ottobre 1886 (il primo giorno di scuola di quell'anno) ed ebbe subito grande successo, tanto che in pochi mesi si superarono quaranta edizioni e ci furono...

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there's tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there's Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

This work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. "The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It was published...

125 of the most famous, classic fairy tales. Includes The Ugly Duckling, The Toad, The Emperor's New Suit, The Ice Maiden, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, and many, many more.

The narrator, an elderly lawyer who has a very comfortable business helping wealthy men deal with mortgages, title deeds, and bonds, relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known. The narrator...

"The Heart of Darkness" is the story of Charlie Marlow's voyage from the civilized world of Europe into the primitive interior of the Congo of Africa. As a manager of a Belgian ivory company, Marlow travels...

A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman. It is also an artistic and political manifesto....

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories...

This collection contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable. The little duckling, The little mermaid, The snow queen: all the magic of Hans Christian...

The story chronicles journalist Georges Duroy's corrupt rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most successful men in Paris, most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of powerful, intelligent,...

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is...