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27 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 Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe

A Sicilian Romance

Ann Radcliffe · 1790

Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer

Brood of the Witch-Queen

Sax Rohmer · 1924

Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce

Can Such Things Be?

Ambrose Bierce · 1893

Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre

Fantômas

Pierre Souvestre · 1900

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Herland

Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1915

John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

John Silence Stories

Algernon Blackwood

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury

Short Fiction

Ray Bradbury

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft · 1965

The Eye of Osiris by R. Austin Freeman

The Eye of Osiris

R. Austin Freeman · 1911

The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

The Haunted Bookshop

Christopher Morley · 1918

The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins

The Haunted Hotel

Wilkie Collins · 1878

The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen

The Hill of Dreams

Arthur Machen · 1907

The House of the Wolfings by William Morris

The House of the Wolfings

William Morris · 1889

The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon

The House on the Cliff

Franklin W. Dixon · 1927

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers · 1895

The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician

W. Somerset Maugham · 1908

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy · 1886

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Edgar Allan Poe

The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve

The Old English Baron

Clara Reeve · 1777

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux · 1920

The Return by Walter de la Mare

The Return

Walter de la Mare · 1910

The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The Room in the Dragon Volant

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon

The Secret of the Old Mill

Franklin W. Dixon · 1927