Classicly Books
The Lost Word - A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
Henry van DykeThe Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago is a collection of Christmas stories written by Henry van Dyke. The stories in this collection are:I THE POVERTY OF HERMASII A CH..
The Aran Islands
J. M. SyngeThe geography of the Aran Islands is very simple, yet it may need a word to itself. There are three islands: Aranmor, the north island, about nine miles long; Inishmaan, the middle island, about three..
The Fortunate Youth
William John LockePaul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our story. But his desired success comes at a very high price. (Summ..
The Pit - A Story of Chicago
Frank NorrisThe Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels:THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOLF, a Story of Europe.These novels, while forming a series, wil..
Under Fire - The Story of a Squad
Henri BarbusseAn English translation of the French World War I novel "Le Feu", written by a French soldier and dedicated to "the memory of the comrades who fell by my side at Crony and on Hill 119." Barbusse was in..
In Homespun
Edith NesbitTHESE tales are written in an English dialect—none the less a dialect for that it lacks uniformity in the misplacement of aspirates, and lacks, too, strange words misunderstanded of the reader. In Sou..
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Alice C. HeganMrs. Wiggs made the statement as cheerfully as if her elbows were not sticking out through the boy's coat that she wore, or her teeth chattering in her head like a pair of castanets. But, then, Mrs. W..
The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein
Alfred LichtensteinAlfred Lichtenstein was a German expressionist writer. From a Jewish family, Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer. He studied law in Erlangen. His was first noticed after publis..