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17 readable classics, free to read in Foxing.

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literary-fictionmysteryadventurefantasydramaromancescience-fictionchildrenbiographyhistorical-fictionphilosophypoetryshort-storieshumorhorrorFrankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) -- FictionFrankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- FictionGothic fiction

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Before 18001800 to 18491850 to 18991900 to 19491950 and later

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 1843

Agamemnon by Aeschylus

Agamemnon

Aeschylus · 1816

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

Castle Rackrent

Maria Edgeworth · 1800

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey · 1821

Father Henson’s Story of His Own Life by Josiah Henson

Father Henson’s Story of His Own Life

Josiah Henson · 1849

Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part III

William Shakespeare · 1820

Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock

Nightmare Abbey

Thomas Love Peacock · 1818

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles · 1819

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles · 1842

Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1826

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx · 1848

The Devil’s Pool by George Sand

The Devil’s Pool

George Sand · 1847

The Georgics by Virgil

The Georgics

Virgil · 1808

The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

The Jew of Malta

Christopher Marlowe · 1818

The Trachiniae by Sophocles

The Trachiniae

Sophocles · 1830

The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare

The Winter’s Tale

William Shakespeare · 1802

Vathek by William Beckford

Vathek

William Beckford · 1834