Classicly Books
About the Holy Bible
Robert Green IngersollThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains..
Abroad with the Jimmies
Lilian BellIf the critical public had cared to snub Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie and Bee, I, who am a fighting champion of theirs, would never have run the risk of boring it by a further chronicle of their travels. But f..
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
AnonymousThe story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale that is included in A Thousand and One Nights, and is the story of a poor boy in a Chinese city. Aladdin is convinced by a sorcerer to fetch a magic ..
Before Adam
Jack LondonBefore Adam is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers an early view of..
The Dead
James JoyceThis novella is the final story in Joyce’s collection Dubliners. It describes a Christmas party given by Kate and Julia Morkan, two elderly Dublin ladies, that is attended by their nephew, Gabriel Con..
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Leo Nikoleyevich TolstoyThe Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy. The story of “Ivan the Fool” portrays Tolstoi’s communistic ideas, involving the ..
The Pilgrim's Progress
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress (from This World to That Which Is to Come) is a work of religious literature by John Bunyan, published in 1678. For a time, Pilgrim's Progress was the "other book" in the Christ..
The University of Hard Knocks
Ralph Albert ParletteLADIES and Gentlemen:I do not want to be seen in this lecture. I want to be heard. I am only the delivery wagon. When the delivery wagon comes to your house, you are not much interested in how it look..