Fiction Classics Books
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
The Classic book Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift. All four parts of the popular tale including: "A Voyage to Lilliput", "A Voyage to Brobdingnag", "A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan" and finally "A Voyage to the Land of...
Of Human Bondage
The Classic book Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. Despite having led a difficult childhood as an orphan, Philip Carey becomes a successful man. A doctor, well traveled and passionate for life. However, when he falls in love with a cold and distained waitress, Mildred, her sorrows...
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Classic book The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. Drunk and angry at his wife, Michael sells his wife and baby to a sailor during an auction at a county fair. Realizing what he has done the following day, Michael decided not to drink again for as many days as he has lived. Fast forward...
The Pickwick Papers
The Classic book The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. This was Dicken’s first novel and original titled in full: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. It consists of a series of stories which were published monthly over the course of a year-and-a-half. It was an instant success and...
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Classic book The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy. This novel reflects on death, and how one man, a well-off judge, handles its imminent approach. Many believe that Tolstoy himself was looking at his own mortality. It is a profound study of the human reaction to our own finite lives.
Cranford
The Classic book Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. The novel follows 2 English sisters living together and trying to keep standards with diminishing means. It mixes the highs and lows of life; at times funny while at times heartbreaking. It focuses on friendships, traditions, and...
Of Mice and Men
The Classic book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It tells the story of 2 poor ranch workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, who try to find work wherever they can during the great depression. The 2 couldn’t be more different. George is small and sharp, while Lennie is a giant of a man, but...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Classic book Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. Accompanied by his nephew and guide, professor Otto Lidenbrock enter a volcano in Iceland to test a theory he has. They keep heading deeper and deeper, going through numerous adventures until they eventually resurface through the...
Mrs. Dalloway
The Classic book Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. This book is a fusion of 2 short stories. In which a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway is chronicled; an upper-class socialite in post WW1 era.
The Sign of Four
The Classic book The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. This is the 2nd of 4 'longer' novels the author wrote about Sherlock Holmes (also featured in 56 short stories). Captain Morstan disappeared over 10 years ago and his daughter, desperate to find him, seeks the help of the great detective...