The Odyssey
The epic Greek poem following Odysseus's perilous ten-year journey home after the fall of Troy. Read free →
The Best Classic Novels of All Time
The greatest classic novels ever written, free to read in your browser. From Pride and Prejudice to Moby Dick, these are the books that shaped literature.
Beowulf
The oldest surviving long poem in Old English. The hero Beowulf battles the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon. Read free →
Robinson Crusoe
The story of a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island. Often considered the first English novel. Read free →
Gulliver's Travels
Lemuel Gulliver voyages to strange lands including Lilliput (tiny people) and Brobdingnag (giants) in this brilliant satire. Read free →
Sense and Sensibility
Two sisters navigate love and heartbreak with contrasting temperaments — one ruled by sense, the other by sensibility. Read free →
Pride and Prejudice
One of the most beloved novels in English literature, following Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates issues of manners, upbringing, morality, and marriage in Regency-era England. Read free →
Emma
The charming and meddlesome Emma Woodhouse discovers that matchmaking for others is easier than understanding her own heart. Read free →
The Last of the Mohicans
Set during the French and Indian War, this frontier adventure follows Hawkeye and his Mohican companions through the wilderness of colonial America. Read free →
Oliver Twist
An orphan boy navigates the criminal underworld of Victorian London, encountering Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and the brutal Bill Sikes. Read free →
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his miserly ways. Read free →
The Count of Monte Cristo
An epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, daring escape, and elaborate revenge. One of the greatest adventure novels ever written. Read free →
The Three Musketeers
The swashbuckling adventures of d'Artagnan and his three musketeer friends — Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — in 17th-century France. Read free →
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The autobiography of a formerly enslaved man who became one of America's greatest orators and abolitionists. A landmark of American literature. Read free →
Jane Eyre
An orphaned young woman becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with the brooding Mr. Rochester. Read free →
Wuthering Heights
A passionate and destructive love story set on the wild Yorkshire moors between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Read free →
Vanity Fair
The ruthless social climber Becky Sharp claws her way through Napoleonic-era England in Thackeray's satirical novel without a hero. Read free →
The Scarlet Letter
Set in Puritan Massachusetts, Hester Prynne is condemned to wear a scarlet 'A' for adultery. A profound exploration of sin, guilt, and redemption. Read free →
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to hunt the legendary white whale, Moby Dick. An epic tale of obsession and the sea. Read free →
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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 →
North and South
Margaret Hale moves from the rural south to an industrial northern mill town, clashing with and falling for a cotton manufacturer. Read free →
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