Classicly Collection of Books

Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories

John William De Forest

Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories is a collection of short stories written by various authors and edited by John William De Forest an American soldier and writer of realistic..

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

Vingie E. Roe

The Maid of the Whispering Hills is a fiction novel written by Vingie E. Lawton Roe, an American novelist and screenwriter. Excerpts from first chapter.On its log step, pipe in mouth, young Ander..

Zicci - A Tale

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Zicci: A Tale is a Paranormal fiction work written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton,  1st Baron Lytton, PC was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig MP from 1831 to 1841 and..

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan. Portions of it were adapted by William Gibson fo..

Captivity

M. Leonora Eyles

Captivity is a fiction novel written by Margaret Leonora Eyles, an English novelist, feminist and memoirist. Captivity has been described as "her strongest fictional expression of the chains that bind..

I nuovi tartufi

Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi

I nuovi tartufi is a fiction work written by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi was an Italian writer and politician involved in the Italian risorgimento...

On Commando

Dietlof Van Warmelo

This book was written in 1901, while its author was a prisoner at Ahmednagar. It was written in Dutch, and has been put into English by a young lady from what was the Orange Free State. The autho..

The Chinese Boy and Girl

Isaac Taylor Headland

No thorough study of Chinese child life can be made until the wall of Chinese exclusiveness is broken down and the homes of the East are thrown open to the people of the West. Glimpses of that life ho..