Classicly Books
Sir Percy Leads the Band
Baroness Emmuska OrczyFirst published in 1936, Sir Percy Leads the Band is (chronologically) the second of the Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. The novel is set in January and February 1793 and follows on from t..
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
H. P. LovecraftThe Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Begun probably in the autumn of 1926, the draft was completed on January 22, 1927 and it remained unrevised and unpub..
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Giacomo CasanovaHistoire de ma vie is both the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer. A previous, bowdlerized version was originally known in English as The Memoirs of..
A Letter To the Reverend Mr. Channing Relative to His Two Sermons On Infidelity
George Bethune EnglishA Letter To the Reverend Mr. Channing Relative to His Two Sermons On Infidelity is a non-fiction book written by George Bethune English, an American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to ..
Adventures in Criticism
Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchAdventures in Criticism Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch sfully. In a single sentence of admirable brevity he tells us that of Chaucer's poetical excellence "it is superfluous to speak; Lowell's es..
An Introduction to Yoga
Annie BesantAn Introduction to Yoga is written by Annie Besant, a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. In 1867, Annie, at..
Flowers of Evil
Charles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire is one of the best known French poets, controversial and banned in his time, yet considered fundamental to symbolist and modernist literature. His book the Flowers of Evil deals wit..
Heartbreak House
George Bernard ShawHeartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1919 and first played at the Garrick Theatre in November 1920. Accordi..