Classicly Books
Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life
Samuel Taylor ColeridgePreface from the book: The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge. Everything that fell from the pen of that extraordinary man bore latent, as well as ..
The Doctor's Dilemma - Preface on Doctors
George Bernard ShawThe Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of..
The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest
William Harrison AinsworthThe Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, together with others terrorised the district of Lancashire ar..
Countess Kate
Charlotte M. YongeCountess Kate is a juvenile fiction story written by Charlotte Mary Yonge, who was an English novelist who wrote to the service of the church. Her books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Mo..
Entretien d'un père avec ses enfants
Denis DiderotEntretien d'un père avec ses enfants is a French fictional short stories written by Denis Diderot, a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and..
Halleck's New English Literature
Reuben Post HalleckIn this New English Literature the author endeavors to preserve the qualities that have caused his former History of English Literature to be so widely used; namely, suggestiveness, clearness, organic..
In the Mayor's Parlour
J. S. FletcherIn the Mayor's Parlour is a mystery and detective story written by Joseph Smith Fletcher, an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and..
Madame Delphine
George Washington CableMadame Delphine is a fiction work written by George Washington Cable, an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. ..