Classic World Literature eBooks
Persian Literature
Classic World Literature, by VariousThe Shah Nameh, THE Rubayat, The Divan, and The Gulistan
Personality
Classic World Literature, by Rabindranath TagoreTHE ORIGINAL BOOKS COLLECTION. Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; his seemingly...
Peter Rabbit and his Ma
Classic World Literature, by Louise A. FieldWith ilustrations by Virginia Albert. Pirating of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter has flourished over the decades with products only loosely associated with the original. In 1916, American Louise A. Field cashed in on the popularity by writing books such as Peter Rabbit Goes to School or Peter Rabbit and His Ma, the illustrations of which showed him in his distinctive blue jacket. In...
Poor Folk
Classic World Literature, by Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoyevskyWritten in the form of letters, it recounts a blossoming romance amid St. Petersburg's slums between a middle-aged writer and a much younger seamstress.
Redburn
Classic World Literature, by Herman MelvilleWellington Redburn is a fifteen-year-old from the state of New York, with only one dream - to run away to sea. However, when he does fulfil this long-held fantasy, he quickly finds that reality as a cabin boy is far harsher than he ever imagined. Mocked by the crew on board the Highlander for his weakness and bullied by the vicious and merciless sailor Jackson, Wellington must struggle to endure...
Romeo and Juliet
Classic World Literature, by ShakespeareOne of his best known plays, later adapted as a Broadway show, West Side Story
Romeo and Juliet
Classic World Literature, by William ShakespeareThe Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (first published 1597) is a play by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers. Perhaps the most famous of his plays, it is one of his earliest theatrical triumphs and is considered the archetypal love story of the Renaissance.
Roughing It
Classic World Literature, by Mark TwainRoughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for...
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