Though it is Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights became one of the greatest of all-time. The classic novel gets an update in the form of an eBook. Readers learn about Heathcliff, Catherine, Edgar, and the other characters...

This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.

Jack London wrote stories that were inspired by his time in the Yukon. "Where the Trail Forks" is a short story that revolves around his beloved theme of man vs. nature.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic literary works from famous authors. One book, originally published in German in 1812, is Johann David Wyss' Swiss Familiy Robinson. This English translation was book first published in 1814.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic literary works from famous authors. One book is The Second Jungle Book, a sequel to The Jungle Book. Both are classics works of literature written by Rudyard Kipling during the late 1800's.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1887, one work is Kashtanka, a children's story about a dog. This literary work was written by the Russian author Anton Chekhov.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1885, King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard was the first English adventure novel set in Africa and was the first book in the Lost World literary...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "How the Pretty Maid of Portillon Convinced Her Judge," a story written by the French author from the European literary realism movement,...

This is the full text of the novel Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, his first major literary success. Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold...

This site features the author Andrew Lang including the full text of 12 children's novels with a fairy theme.

The literary drama "Helen," written by Euripides in 412 BC, is translated here by E. P. Coleridge.

Text of the short story "My Debut as a Literary Person" by Mark Twain. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Jack London often writes on the theme of human nature. In "When God Laughs" he explores this theme through a couple trying to uphold an idealistic romance. Read the full text on this site.

Read the full text of philosophical novel "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Set against a modernizing Russia, this masterpiece delves into themes regarding God, free will, and morality.

Read the full text of "The Printer of Udell's" by Harold Bell Wright. Wright was a minister before an author and this work contains strong Christian themes. Ronald Reagan was said to be inspired by this novel.

Read the full text of "The Beast in the Jungle" considered to be one of the best narratives by Henry James. This novel centers around the universal themes of loneliness, fate, love, and death.

Read the full text of "Beyond" by John Galsworthy which centers around the theme of love.

Read the full text of the short story "A Happy Ending" by Anton Chekhov which explores the theme of marriage.

Read the full text of the short story "Gooseberries" by Anton Chekhov that revolves around the theme of social injustice and the suffering of those less fortunate.

Read the short story "Clay" by James Joyce which encompasses the themes of poverty, conflict, disconnection, escape, and paralysis.

"The Understudy" is part of a collection of short stories revolving around the theme of revenge. Read the full text of this short story by Robert Barr.

"War" by Sherwood Anderson explores the themes of conflict, change, and determination. Read the full text on this site.

"When the Bayou Overflows" explores the theme of love lost. Read the full text of this short story on this site.

The themes of hypocrisy and intolerance characterize the short story "The Woman Who Tried to Be Good" by Edna Ferber. Read the full text on this site.