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57 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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María by Jorge Isaacs

María

Jorge Isaacs · 1867

McTeague by Frank Norris

McTeague

Frank Norris · 1899

News from Nowhere by William Morris

News from Nowhere

William Morris · 1890

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1854

Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

Orley Farm

Anthony Trollope · 1861

Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson

Our Nig

Harriet E. Wilson · 1859

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain · 1895

Phoebe, Junior by Margaret Oliphant

Phoebe, Junior

Margaret Oliphant · 1876

Salem Chapel by Margaret Oliphant

Salem Chapel

Margaret Oliphant · 1863

Savrola by Winston Churchill

Savrola

Winston Churchill · 1897

The American Senator by Anthony Trollope

The American Senator

Anthony Trollope · 1877

The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Conjure Woman

Charles W. Chesnutt · 1899

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Sarah Orne Jewett · 1896

The Dewy Morn by Richard Jefferies

The Dewy Morn

Richard Jefferies · 1884

The Fur Country by Jules Verne

The Fur Country

Jules Verne · 1870

The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray

The History of Henry Esmond

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1852

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells · 1896

The Maid of Sker by R. D. Blackmore

The Maid of Sker

R. D. Blackmore · 1872

The Perpetual Curate by Margaret Oliphant

The Perpetual Curate

Margaret Oliphant · 1864

The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope

The Prime Minister

Anthony Trollope · 1876

The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson

The Purple Land

W. H. Hudson · 1885

The Rector and The Doctor’s Family by Margaret Oliphant

The Rector and The Doctor’s Family

Margaret Oliphant · 1863

The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope

The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope · 1864

The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch

The Splendid Spur

Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1889