Classics

1984

by George Orwell

In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions....

Three by Twain: Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee In King Arther's Court

by Mark Twain

This collection includes three of classic American author Mark Twain's best known and beloved novels. Tom Sawyer recounts the adventures of a self-confident but naïve boy who runs away with his friend, Huckleberry...

The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe & Jay Parini

A classic collection

From the exquisite lyric "To Helen," to the immortal masterpieces "Annabel Lee," "The Bells," and "The Raven," The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the author's gift for the...

Four Novels: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

In A Tale of Two Cities, French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer Carton compete in their love for Darnay's wife Lucie against the menacing backdrop of the French Revolution and the shadow of the guillotine....

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

"Little Women" is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott. The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. The novel follows the lives of four sisters -...

The Wizard of Oz Megapack: 17 Books by L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson

by L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson

Whether you are new to the Land of Oz or a returning friend, this volume offers hours of reading pleasure. Collected in The Wizard of Oz Megapack are no less than 17 complete Oz books -- 15 by Oz creator Frank...

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is one of the world's first psychological thrillers. A mesmerizing detective story with an intriguing and multifarious central character, Crime and Punishment/i hinges...

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the...

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

"Heart of Darkness", by Joseph Conrad, is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and has been the most influential in shaping Western culture. The story tells of Charles Marlow, an Englishman...

Wives and Daughters

by Elizabeth Gaskell & Frederick Greenwood

Can't get enough of nineteenth-century British romance? Lovers of books like Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights should give Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters a try. This tale follows the romantic...

The Romance of Three Kingdoms

by Luo Guanzhong & C.H. Brewitt-Taylor

Romance of Three Kingdoms, dating to the 14th Century, is the legendary epic of the fall of Han and the founding of Jin. Dealing with plots, complex men, wars, intrigues, marriages and assassinations, this book,...

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

"Madame Bovary" is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order...

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D.H. Lawrence

Introduction by Kathryn Harrison

Inspired by the long-standing affair between D. H. Lawrence’s German wife and an Italian peasant, Lady Chatterley’s Lover follows the intense passions of Constance Chatterley....

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson & Patrick Scott

The timeless adventure

From young Jim Hawkins's first encounter with the sinister Blind Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, Treasure Island continues to...

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step"...

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in two parts, each resoundingly popular and receiving critical acclaim. The novel follows the lives of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, from childhood into...

The Kama Sutra

by Vatsyayana

Considered the definitive Hindu work on sexual relations, Vatsyayana's ancient text explores the link between sexuality and spirituality.

Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

by Oscar Wilde & Gyles Brandreth

The master of wit and irony

Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written "partly for children, and partly for those who have...

Louisa May Alcott Collection

by Louisa May Alcott

The complete collection of the March Family Saga containing the books Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men and Jo's Boys.

My Antonia

by Willa Cather

In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Antonia Shimerda, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants, not only survives...