New York University
Music Literature: The Classical Period
Resource provides information on the Classical Period in music by discussing the three main composers most notably associated with that period: Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.
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Bedtime Story Classics Alice in Wonderland
This beautiful online edition of the Lewis Carroll classic is written in large text for easy legibility, and includes illustrations from eleven different versions of the story. It also includes background information on the writing of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature
Multimedia course focuses on thirteen literary classics from many different times and many different cultures. Each lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on a particular work. Read excerpts from each work and...
English Club
English Club: Classic Reading
This EnglishClub collection shares several classical works of literature leveled for elementary, intermediate, advanced, Shakespeare, and author information. These include various readings from William Shakespeare, Aesop, Rudyard...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Canon Curriculum Design
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 9 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 9. Focus of the...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Classics for Young People
A launching point from the University of Calgary for several classic stories that are available online. Alphabetical by author, the list includes Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Rudyard Kipling.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "How the Whale Got His Throat," a story written by the Nobel Prize in Literature-winning author, Rudyard Kipling.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's by Laura Lee Hope
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's, the first book from the early 1900's series, "Six Little Bunkers." This series was written by the author who went by...
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Chinese Classical Literature
This is a really interesting site. It lists several works of Chinese literature. They are in Chinese, and you can click on each word to see its English translation. It can also be seen in English only.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work was written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author famously known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The House of the Dead Hand by Edith Wharton
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from prize-winning authors. One work is "The House of the Dead Hand," a story written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Edith Wharton.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, was Kate Douglas Wiggin's most famous novel.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Story of Calico Clown by Laura Lee Hope
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Story of Calico Clown, a book from the early 1900's series, "Make Believe Stories." This series was written by the author who went by the pseudonym of...
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University of Southern Mississippi: De Grummond Children's Literature
The de Grummond Children's Literature Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the manuscript collection located at the University of Southern Mississippi. Includes illustrations, manuscripts, letters, photographs,...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
This is the complete text of the classic novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers an on-line English translation of Lao-tzu's most famous work: Tao-te. The Tao-te is the basis of Taoist philosophy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Fabius by Plutarch
MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers the complete and translated text of Fabius by Plutarch.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Romulus by Plutarch
MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers the text of Romulus by Plutarch. Includes commentary and reader recommendations.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946
Honored "for his inspired writings which, . . . exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style," Hermann Hesse (1877-1962 CE) was the 1946 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read about his contributions...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Literature by Author Vocabulary Word List
This page offers a vocabulary word lists for classic novels organized by author.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Persians by Aeschylus
This MIT Internet Classics Archives page is a translation of "The Persians" in an easy-to-read format, maintaining the verse format of the original.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader:the Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work is part of the Psammead series, a trilogy written by Edith Nesbit.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
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.