Classicly Books
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre DumasRevenge, murder, hidden treasure, and epic adventure! Dumas' masterpiece The Count of Monte Cristo details the wrongful imprisonment of the young sailor Edmond Dantes, a character whose transformation..
Allan Quatermain
H. Rider HaggardAllan Quatermain is a 1887 sequel to Sir Henry Rider Haggard's famous and sensational novel King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain, an English-born Africa explorer of the Victorian era, is the explicit temp..
Fanny Hill
John ClelandOften with banned books the publication story is as interesting as the book itself, and Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or Fanny Hill as it became known, is no exception. It was penned by John Cleland..
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. WellsThe Island of Dr. Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. It is the tale of Prendick, a British scientist, who is shipwrecked off Sumatra, then rescued and brought to an unnamed island...
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Emmuska OrczyThe Scarlet Pimpernel is about a man who travels Europe rescuing French aristocrats from the Reign of Terror. It's very well written. The hero is like a less-violent version of Batman. A swashbuckling..
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry DanaNot an adventure or really a story. The life of a sailor on a tall ship. Well told and engaging if that interests you. A detailed and engaging narrative of a sailor aboard a merchant vessel in the 19t..
Ulysses
James JoyceJames Joyce's Ulysses is a conundrum of a book: some say it's unreadable stream-of-conscious gobbledegook, while others claim it to be the best book ever written. The 900 page work details a single da..
Up From Slavery - An Autobiography
Booker T. WashingtonMr. Washington's message of self reliance and the true dignity of labor is not only true but needs much reinforcement today. We, as African-Americans, are our own solution to most of our difficulties ..