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58 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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My Ántonia by Willa Cather

My Ántonia

Willa Cather · 1818

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

Willa Cather · 1913

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen · 1789

Prince Otto by Robert Louis Stevenson

Prince Otto

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883

Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger Jr.

Ragged Dick

Horatio Alger Jr. · 1867

Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Riders of the Purple Sage

Zane Grey · 1912

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen · 1811

Summer by Edith Wharton

Summer

Edith Wharton · 1917

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Awakening

Kate Chopin · 1899

The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer

The Black Moth

Georgette Heyer · 1921

The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852

The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

The Blue Castle

L. M. Montgomery · 1926

The Blue Lagoon by H. de Vere Stacpoole

The Blue Lagoon

H. de Vere Stacpoole · 1900

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

The Enchanted April

Elizabeth von Arnim · 1922

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920

The Green Hat by Michael Arlen

The Green Hat

Michael Arlen · 1924

The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer

The Masqueraders

Georgette Heyer · 1928

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy · 1886

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil

W. Somerset Maugham · 1925

The Perennial Bachelor by Anne Parrish

The Perennial Bachelor

Anne Parrish · 1925

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux · 1920

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850