Classicly Collection of Books

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled mor..

Riders of the Purple Sage

Zane Grey

Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by many critics to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the ..

The Principles of Scientific Management

F. W. Taylor

President Roosevelt in his address to the Governors at the White House, prophetically remarked that "The conservation of our national resources is only preliminary to the larger question of national e..

A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most f..

The Antichrist

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content made Franz Overbeck and Heinrich Köselitz dela..

In the Year 2889

Jules Verne

In the Year 2889 is an 1889 short story published under the name of Jules Verne, but now believed to be mainly the work of his son Michel Verne, based on his father's ideas...

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. ..

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame's brilliant children's novel The Wind in the Willows is still as fantastic as it was in 1908. The story of four anthropomorphic animals - Mole, Ratty, Mr. Toad and Mr. Badger - it is s..