Classicly Books
Wuthering Heights
Emily BrontëEmily Brontë went to her grave the year after her first and only novel was published in 1847, and since wasn't a hit that year, she would never know what an enduring masterpiece of Gothic fiction Wuth..
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles DickensThe classic opening line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." is familiar to most everyone, but not everyone has braved Dickens' masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities. If you haven't re..
Romeo and Juliet
William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet is synonymous with the tragic fate of two young "star-cross'd lovers." The idea wasn't originally Shakespeare's - he borrowed the plot from a few other sources-but his version is the ..
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
AnonymousIt's been called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, One Thousand and One Nights, etc., but the framework is generally the same: a Persian king discovers his wife is cheating, so, having determined th..
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is the classic gothic horror novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who began writing the influential work at the age of 18. It features Dr. Victor Frankenstein,..
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the Opera, or Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, is novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published in a serialized form, then was released as a book in 1910. It is the classic story o..
Treasure Island
Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island: the sensationally popular boys' tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is narrated by young Jim Hawkins, son of an innkeeper who sets sail on a schooner headed for a remote Caribbean isla..
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), is the Russian author famous for exploring psychological and existential depths in his work, most notably in The Brothers Karamazov and this here Crime and Punishment. I..