Classicly Collection of Books

The Dead

James Joyce

This 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 Tolstoy

The 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 Bunyan

The 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 Parlette

LADIES 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..

An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls

Samuel B. Allison

An American Robinson Crusoe is the outcome of many years of experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the beg..

An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry

Derrick Norman Lehmer

The following course is intended to give, in as simple a way as possible, the essentials of synthetic projective geometry. While, in the main, the theory is developed along the well-beaten track laid ..

John Barleycorn

Jack London

John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong..

South Sea Tales

Jack London

South Sea Tales is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship. ..