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18 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 Cycle of the West by John G. Neihardt

A Cycle of the West

John G. Neihardt · 1949

Hudibras by Samuel Butler

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1662

Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859

John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benét

John Brown’s Body

Stephen Vincent Benét · 1927

Lais by Marie de France

Lais

Marie de France · 1911

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth

Lyrical Ballads

William Wordsworth · 1798

Mirèio by Frédéric Mistral

Mirèio

Frédéric Mistral · 1859

Olney Hymns by John Newton

Olney Hymns

John Newton · 1779

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill · 1859

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

Poetry by Oscar Wilde

Poetry

Oscar Wilde

Poetry by John Keats

Poetry

John Keats

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw

Saint Joan

George Bernard Shaw · 1924

The Aeneid by Virgil

The Aeneid

Virgil

The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes

The Argonautica

Apollonius of Rhodes · 1889

The Columbiad by Joel Barlow

The Columbiad

Joel Barlow · 1805

Victory Odes by Pindar

Victory Odes

Pindar · 1995

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Henry David Thoreau · 1849