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59 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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The Georgics by Virgil

The Georgics

Virgil · 1808

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Samuel Johnson · 1759

The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot

The Kalevala

Elias Lönnrot · 1963

The Luzumiyat by Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri

The Luzumiyat

Abu al-ʻAlaʼ al-Maʻarri · 1918

The Odyssey by Homer

The Odyssey

Homer · 1810

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

The Prophet

Khalil Gibran · 1900

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyám · 1896

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare · 1631

Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman

Verses on Various Occasions

John Henry Newman · 1868

Victory Odes by Pindar

Victory Odes

Pindar · 1995

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Henry David Thoreau · 1849