Classicly Books
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
James BaldwinFifty Famous Stories Retold is a collection of short stories collected and edited by James Baldwin, an American novelist, playwright, and activist. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native S..
Lysistrata
AristophanesAristophanes (446 - 386 BC), also known as the "Father" or "Prince" of ancient comedy, was one of ancient Athens' most famous playwrights. Only eleven of his forty plays exist in their entirety, but w..
Real Ghost Stories
William T. SteadDuring the last few years I have been urged by people in all parts of the world to re-issue some of the wonderful stories of genuine psychic experiences collected by my Father several years ago.These ..
Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers
John BurroughsSquirrels and Other Fur-Bearers is a children's books written by John Burroughs, an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the U.S. conservation movement. The first of his essay colle..
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted
Gustavus Hindman MillerWhether you've dreamt of fire, money, or your dead uncle, it's in here. 10,000 Dreams Interpreted is a classic of dream analysis that contains just about every conceivable symbol of the unconscious. I..
The Financier - A Novel
Theodore DreiserThe Financier is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, based on real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes. Dreiser started writing his manuscript in 1911, and the following year published the first part of his..
The Japanese Twins
Lucy Fitch PerkinsThe Japanese Twins is a juvenile fiction work written by Lucy Fitch Perkins, an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for Dutch Twins and its sequels, the Twi..
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond RostandCyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalisation following the broad outlines of his life...