Classicly Collection of Books

Original Narratives of Early American History

Various Authors

Although, in the narrative of the Gentleman of Elvas, the translation by Buckingham Smith has been followed, some corrections have been made in the text, and pains have been taken to set right, in acc..

Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book II

Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty. He is best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. His given name was Cá..

Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses

Argyll

Memories of Canada and Scotland is a collection of poems and verses written by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC, usually better known by the courte..

Not George Washington

P. G. Wodehouse

Not George Washington is a semi-autobiographical novel by P. G. Wodehouse, written in collaboration with Herbert Westbrook. The United Kingdom is the country of first publication on 18 October 1907 by..

Without Dogma - A Novel of Modern Poland

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Without dogma is a novel of manners by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish Nobel Prize in Literature winner, published in 1891. Its narrative concentrates around the experiences of Leon Płoszowski, a man fro..

Indian Boyhood

Charles Alexander Eastman

Eastman tells the story of his early life, which he describes as "fragmentary recollections of my thrilling wild life." First published in 1902, the book is a classic in literature about Native Americ..

Boule de Suif

Guy de Maupassant

Boule de Suif is a famous short story by the late 19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant first published on 15/16 April 1880. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story fo..

Honey-Sweet

Edna Henry Lee Turpin

Edna Henry Lee Turpin was an American author. She was born on July 26, 1867, at Echo Hill, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Edward Henry Turpin and Petronella Lee Turpin, but her ..