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12 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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Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac

Albert Savarus

Honoré de Balzac · 1892

Democracy by Henry Adams

Democracy

Henry Adams · 1880

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Heidi

Johanna Spyri · 1880

Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater

Marius the Epicurean

Walter Pater · 1885

Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert

Salammbô

Gustave Flaubert · 1863

The Gadfly by Ethel Voynich

The Gadfly

Ethel Voynich · 1897

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The House of the Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1851

The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Master of Ballantrae

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain · 1881

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane · 1855

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850

Washington Square by Henry James

Washington Square

Henry James · 1880