This is the full text of the book A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy, a collection of short stories. The stories are contained by a frame narrative in which ten members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame in the 17th or...

This is the full text of the English novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; this classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns...

Text of the book "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Click through these beautifully illustrated Aesop's fables which also happen to be interactive. The illustrations are from a 1919 book illustrated by Milo Winter. There are links to downloads for iPad, iPhone, and Android.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Red Fairy Book, a book from Andrew Lang's early 1900's series, "The Fairy Books of Many Colors," and also called, "The Colored Fairy Books" series.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Pink Fairy Book, a book from Andrew Lang's early 1900's series, "The Fairy Books of Many Colors," and also called, "The Colored Fairy Books" series.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the children's book, The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the fairy tale collection, The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the fairy tale collection, The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit, also called Over the Top with the Winnebagos, was the fifty-fifth volume from the "Camp Fire Girls" adventure series from...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This L. Frank Baum work, The Tin Woodman of Oz from the early 1900s, is the twelfth book from his "Oz" series.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1922, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1910, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This L. Frank Baum work from the early 1900s, Tik-Tok of Oz, is the eighth book from his "Oz" series.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1911, one book is Keith of the Border. This story was written by Randall Parrish.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Edgar B. P. Darlington's book titled The Circus Boys in Dixie Land, or Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South. Published in the early 1900s, this is the...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tales From Shakespeare, a story collection from Charles and Mary Lamb. This book, published in 1807, contains adapted versions of Shakespearean comedies and...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. Originally published between 1916 and 1917 editions of Blue Book Magazine, this short story collection is part of the Tarzan series, The Jungle Tales of Tarzan. This...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This late 1800's work, A Summer in a Canyon, was written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author famously known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1921, one book is The Lamp of Fate. This story was written by Margaret Pedler.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1889, one work is Joshua. This book was written by Georg Ebers.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1887, one work is The Home Acre. This book was written by Edward Payson Roe.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1883, one work is His Sombre Rivals. This book was written by Edward Payson Roe.

This is the full text of the French novel The Fortune of the Rougons by Emile Zola, the first book in the first book in Les Rougon-Macquart series.