Classicly Collection of Books

Pudd'n'head Wilson

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. Its central intrigue revolves around two boys—one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of t..

A Burlesque Autobiography

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance is an 1871 book by American author Mark Twain. Published by Sheldon & Co. in 1871, the book consists of two short stories: "A Burlesque Aut..

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Letters Vol 1, 1835-1866..

The American Claimant

Mark Twain

The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author to do so. This was also an attempt to..

Letters on England

Voltaire

Letters on the English is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between 1726 and 1729. It was published first in English in 1733 and then in French the foll..

Memnon

Voltaire

Memnon the Philosopher, begins with Memnon resolving to himself to become a great philosopher. That’s philosopher not in the often current sense of the word as one who takes philosophy is college and ..

Micromégas

Voltaire

Micromégas is a 1752 novella by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. Along with his story "Plato's Dream", it is an early example in the literary genre of science fiction, and is a significan..

The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad

Voltaire

The motives and design of this attempt are sufficiently explained in the foregoing address, the ideas which gave rise to it have been confirmed and enlarged in its progress. As some apology for them, ..