Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Wu: Journey to the West
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Roy: The God of Small Things
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the novel. Read an excerpt from the work and find...
Library of Congress
Book Turner: Children's Literature: A Apple Pie
Read this classic children's ACC book by Kate Greenaway, printed in 1886. Library of Congress presents a scanned copy of the original book.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Princess and Curdie by George Mac Donald
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This work, The Princess and Curdie, was written by the C.S. Lewis' mentor, George MacDonald, in the early 1900's.
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Classic Reader: England, My England by D. H. Lawrence
This is the full text of the short story collection of England, My England by D. H. Lawrence.
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Classic Reader: Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
This is the full text of the horror novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Classic Reader: "The Cook's Wedding" by Anton Chekhov
This is the complete text of the short story "The Cook's Wedding" by Anton Chekhov.
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Classic Reader: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
This is the full text of the three-act play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde including a list of characters and scenes.
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Classic Reader: Justice by John Galsworthy
This is the full text of the four-act play Justice by John Galsworthy including a list of characters.
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Classic Reader: Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This is the full text of the epic poem Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; it follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel.
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Classic Reader: The Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson
This is the full text of the poetry collection The Children of the Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson; it contains 42 poems including "Richard Cory."
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Classic Reader: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
This is the full text of the children's novel The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
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Classic Reader: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
This is the complete text of the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.
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Classic Reader: Hard Times by Charles Dickens
This is the complete text of the British novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens.
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Classic Reader: Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy
This is the complete text of the novel Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy including a Prefatory Note and a Sequel.
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Classic Reader: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is the complete text of the novel The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by. Scott Fitzgerald including a brief synopsis.
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Classic Reader: Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
This is the complete text of the British novel Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens.
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Classic Reader: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
This is the full text of the novel Ethan Frome by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edith Wharton. The novel is set in the cold, gray, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome is an isolated farmer trying to scrape out a meager living while...
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Classic Reader: The First Men in the Moon by h.g. Wells
This is the full text of the novel The First Men In The Moon by H.G. Wells, a scientific romance originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from December 1900 to August 1901 and published in hardcover in 1901.
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Classic Reader: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
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.
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Classic Reader: A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy
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...
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Classic Reader: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
This is the complete text of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
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Classic Reader: Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
This is the complete text of the novel Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy.
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Classic Reader: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
This is the complete text of the novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.