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Classic Reader: El Dorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
This is the full text of the novel El Dorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, a sequel to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Classic Reader: Facing the World by Horatio Alger
This is the full text of the novel Facing the World by Horatio Alger a classic collection of adventures, narrates the story of a boy who flees away from a cruel guardian and is fortunate enough to find a loyal friend. Together they...
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Classic Reader: The Circus Boys in Dixie Land by Edgar B. P. Darlington
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...
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Classic Reader: The Story of a White Rocking Horse by Laura Lee Hope
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Story of a White Rocking Horse, the second book from the early 1900's series, "Make Believe Stories." This series was written by the author who went by...
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Today in Literature: Today's Story
Each day, this site provides a different biography or interesting story about a great book or day in literary history. Many of the archived articles are available in full; others are available only in summary for free access. Authors run...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Classic Books: Waite Hoyt: Babe Ruth as I Knew Him
Scroll through a digital version of the historic book, Babe Ruth as I Knew Him, a brief illustrated book written by Ruth's teammate Waite Hoyt. From the Library of Congress' collection of classic literature.
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Classic Reader: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Prose Version) by Anonymous
This is the full text of a prose version of the Medieval British Literature epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, author unknown. It also provides prefaces for the first and second editions and notes about the work.
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Library of Congress: Classic Books
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Classic Books
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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Classic Reader
Classic Reader offers over 3000 unabridged texts of works which are in the public domain. These texts are primarily from the 19th and early 20th century, but some are older, including many of Shakespeare's works. Many authors' works are...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: "Marcus Cato," by Plutarch
A biography of Cato written about two centuries after his death by the famous Latin historian Plutarch.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Short Story
This lesson is an introduction to the modern short story including defining the short story, how the modern short story differs from the classic short story, the elements of a short story, and what is to be expected in this unit.
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Alcyone Systems: "Beowulf," the Classic Epic
This Harvard Classics site has the entire text of "Beowulf" from the 1910 P.F. Collier and Son edition. Well organized so you can click easily to get to the "Beowulf Prelude," "Beowulf: XLIII," or anything between.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
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: 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 Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert Service
This is the full text of the poetry collection The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert Service. This collection includes 34 poems most about the Yukon Gold Rush and life in the Yukon.
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Classic Reader: The Iliad (Prose) by Homer
This is the full text of a prose version of the Greek epic poem The Iliad by Homer. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the Trojan War.
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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.