Browse 40 free Fiction books you can read online right now — every one a public-domain classic, written between 1838 and 1925. Authors include Richard Wagner, T. Smollett, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, and Henry Fielding, and more. Standout fiction reads: My Life, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, and Cranford. Read any title in your browser, or download a free EPUB, PDF, or Kindle copy from Project Gutenberg.
My Life by Richard Wagner is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Composers, Germany, Biography. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. Smollett is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Bildungsromans. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Authors, American, 19th century, Biography. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Investments. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
Rizal's own story of his life by José Rizal is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Philippines, Biography. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. Robinson is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Authors, English, 19th century, Biography. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Rome, History, Empire, 30 B. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
White nights, and other stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Russian fiction, Translations into English. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
A Little English Gallery by Louise Imogen Guiney is a public-domain fiction work, free to read online in full. One of Project Gutenberg's most-downloaded titles. It is catalogued under Authors, English, Biography. A full text excerpt is included below, with EPUB and Kindle editions. Read free →
An orphan boy navigates the criminal underworld of Victorian London, encountering Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and the brutal Bill Sikes. Read free →
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his miserly ways. Read free →
Set in Puritan Massachusetts, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet 'A' for adultery while keeping her lover's identity secret. Read free →
Dickens' most autobiographical novel follows young David from a troubled childhood to literary success. The author's own favorite among his works. Read free →
The anti-slavery novel that helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War. Follows the lives of enslaved people in the American South. Read free →
A sweeping satire of the British legal system centered on an interminable court case. One of Dickens' most complex and accomplished novels. Read free →
Set during the French Revolution, a story of love, sacrifice, and resurrection. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...' Read free →
The coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman. One of Dickens' finest novels. Read free →
The epic story of ex-convict Jean Valjean's quest for redemption in 19th-century France, pursued by the relentless Inspector Javert. Read free →
A psychological novel exploring the mental anguish of a young man who commits murder and his path to redemption. Read free →
The story of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Read free →
Tolstoy's masterwork chronicles Russian society during the Napoleonic era through the stories of five aristocratic families. Read free →
A profound philosophical novel about faith, doubt, and morality, centered on three brothers and their father's murder. Read free →
A young man sells his soul for eternal youth while his portrait ages and shows the corruption of his sins. Read free →
A woman's descent into madness while confined to a room with yellow wallpaper. A landmark of feminist literature. Read free →
A young Union soldier confronts fear, flight, and courage during a brutal Civil War battle. Read free →
A journey up the Congo River to find the enigmatic Kurtz, exploring colonialism and the darkness within humanity. Read free →
A young woman's struggle for personal freedom in the stifling society of 1890s New Orleans. A pioneering work of feminist literature. Read free →
An immigrant family's struggle in the Chicago meatpacking industry exposes corruption and inhumane working conditions. The book that changed food safety laws. Read free →
A bleak New England farmer trapped in a loveless marriage falls for his wife's cousin, in Wharton's spare tragedy of thwarted longing. Read free →
Fifteen short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin at the turn of the 20th century. A masterpiece of modernist literature. Read free →
Gregor Samsa wakes one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. A masterpiece of existential literature. Read free →
Stephen Dedalus grows from a sensitive child into an aspiring artist, rejecting the constraints of family, religion, and nation. Read free →
The first collection of stories featuring the inimitable valet Jeeves and his hapless employer Bertie Wooster. Comic genius at its finest. Read free →
Fitzgerald's debut follows Princeton dreamer Amory Blaine through love and disillusion at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Read free →
A single day in Dublin follows Leopold Bloom through the city in this landmark of modernist literature. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written. Read free →
The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his pursuit of the American Dream in the Roaring Twenties. Read free →
Josef K. is arrested and prosecuted by a mysterious authority for an unspecified crime. Kafka's nightmarish masterpiece of bureaucratic absurdity. Read free →
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