Classicly Books
The Potter and the Clay
Arthur F. Winnington IngramThis book, then, is an answer to the question asked me very often during the past two years, and very pointedly from the trenches this very Christmas Day: "How can you reconcile your belief in a good ..
The Sonnets
William ShakespeareShakespeare’s sonnets comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. Shakespeare's sonnets are composed of 14 lines, and mo..
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 52 - April 1667
Samuel PepysDiary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 52: April 1667 by Samuel Pepys. CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY, TRANSCRIBED FROM THE SHORTHAND MANUSCRIPT IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY MAGDALENE COLLEG..
How to Sing
Lilli LehmannThe propose of the book How To Sing is to discuss simply, intelligibly, yet from a scientific point of view, the sensations known to us in singing, and exactly ascertained in my experience, by the exp..
In the Penal Colony
Franz KafkaThe story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator..
Men Called Him Master
Elwyn A. SmithMen Called Him Master is a a biography of Jesus Christ written for young readers by Elwyn A. Smith. What kind of men were Jesus' disciples? What was it like to be with Jesus in Palestine? Why did..
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Edith NesbitThe Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written by E. Nesbit and first published in 1904. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with Five Children and It, and follows..
The Story of My Misfortunes
Peter AbelardPeter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concise but vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in the form of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abel..