Classicly Books
A Woman of Thirty
Marjorie Allen SeiffertMarjorie Allen Seiffert (1885-1970) was an American poet and playwright whose works include Ballads of the Singing Bowl, The King with Three Faces, and A Woman of Thirty ...
Barry Lyndon
William Makepeace ThackerayBarry Lyndon—far from the best known, but by some critics acclaimed as the finest, of Thackeray’s works—appeared originally as a serial a few years before VANITY FAIR was written; yet it was not publi..
Lover's Vows
August von KotzebueLovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotze..
Poil de Carotte
Jules RenardPoil de Carotte, les fesses collées, les talons plantés, se met à trembler dans les ténèbres. Elles sont si épaisses qu'il se croit aveugle. Parfois une rafale l'enveloppe, comme un drap glacé, pour l..
The Idea of Progress - An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
J. B. BuryWe may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to ..
The life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Addington SymondsIt is worse than useless to deplore the irremediable; yet no man, probably, has failed to mourn the fate of mighty poets, whose dawning gave the promise of a glorious day, but who passed from earth wh..
The Stranger - A Drama, in Five Acts
August von KotzebueThere seems to be required by a number of well meaning persons of the present day a degree of moral perfection in a play, which few literary works attain; and in which sermons, and other holy producti..
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
Edith WhartonAmerican novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. Fi..