Classicly Collection of Books

The Pit - A Story of Chicago

Frank Norris

The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels:THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOLF, a Story of Europe.These novels, while forming a series, wil..

Under Fire - The Story of a Squad

Henri Barbusse

An English translation of the French World War I novel "Le Feu", written by a French soldier and dedicated to "the memory of the comrades who fell by my side at Crony and on Hill 119." Barbusse was in..

In Homespun

Edith Nesbit

THESE tales are written in an English dialect—none the less a dialect for that it lacks uniformity in the misplacement of aspirates, and lacks, too, strange words misunderstanded of the reader. In Sou..

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Alice C. Hegan

Mrs. Wiggs made the statement as cheerfully as if her elbows were not sticking out through the boy's coat that she wore, or her teeth chattering in her head like a pair of castanets. But, then, Mrs. W..

The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein

Alfred Lichtenstein

Alfred Lichtenstein was a German expressionist writer. From a Jewish family, Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer. He studied law in Erlangen. His was first noticed after publis..

The Fruits of Victory

Norman Angell

THE case which is argued in these pages includes the examination of certain concrete matters which very obviously and directly touch important American interests—American foreign trade and investments..

The Lances of Lynwood

Charlotte M. Yonge

For an explanation of the allusions in the present Tale, scarcely any Notes are necessary, save a reference to the bewitching Chronicle of Froissart; and we cannot but hope that our sketch may serve a..

Vendetta - A Story of One Forgotten

Marie Corelli

Lest those who read the following pages should deem this story at all improbable, it is perhaps necessary to say that its chief incidents are founded on an actual occurrence which took place in Naples..