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24 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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Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

Arrowsmith

Sinclair Lewis · 1777

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

Clarissa

Samuel Richardson · 1748

Discourses by Epictetus

Discourses

Epictetus · 1766

Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1531

Evelina by Fanny Burney

Evelina

Fanny Burney · 1778

Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage

Gil Blas

Alain-René Lesage · 1688

History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides · 1526

Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory

Le Morte d’Arthur

Thomas Malory · 1557

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes · 1651

Metamorphoses by Ovid

Metamorphoses

Ovid · 1479

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe · 1722

Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso

Ludovico Ariosto · 1584

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1478

The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams · 1777

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser · 1590

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon · 1776

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding · 1749

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne · 1759

The Monk by M. G. Lewis

The Monk

M. G. Lewis · 1794

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe · 1794

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

The Pilgrim’s Progress

John Bunyan · 1678

The Religion of Nature Delineated by William Wollaston

The Religion of Nature Delineated

William Wollaston · 1722

The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Adam Smith · 1759

The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith · 1776