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44 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 Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 1843

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

Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson

Ghost Stories

E. F. Benson · 1919

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Herland

Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1915

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

John Silence Stories

Algernon Blackwood

Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin

Melmoth the Wanderer

Charles Robert Maturin · 1820

Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock

Nightmare Abbey

Thomas Love Peacock · 1818

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe

Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury

Short Fiction

Ray Bradbury

Short Fiction by M. R. James

Short Fiction

M. R. James

Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe

Short Fiction

Edgar Allan Poe

Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft

Short Fiction

H. P. Lovecraft

Short Fiction by Arthur Machen

Short Fiction

Arthur Machen

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

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft · 1965

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole · 1764

The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins

The Dead Secret

Wilkie Collins · 1857

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