Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

Hace más de un siglo y medio que se publicó por vez primera 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Sl...

The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

by Olaudah Equiano

PERMIT me with the greatest deference and respect, to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative; the chief design...

Little men

by Louisa May Alcott

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville

I was born in the year 1632 in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreign...

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting

ONCE upon a time, many years ago-when our grandfathers were little children-there was a doctor, and his name was Dolittl...

Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis, Jérôme de Gonnelieu

"Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness," says the Lord.

Heidi

by Spyri, Johanna

IN a small Swiss town in the shadow of the mountains is a path that leads, straight and steep, into the Alps.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

by John Boyne

Emma

by Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the year before the American Declaration of Independence, and she died on ...

Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus

by Max Weber

A glance at the occupational statistics for any country in which several religions coexist is revealing.

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

My Ántonia

by Willa Cather

FIRST HEARD of Antonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America.

The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

There once lived in a sequestered part of the country of Devonshire, one Mr Godfrey Nickleby, a worthy gentleman, who ta...

The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

MRS. RACHEL LYNDE lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladie...

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

πολιτεία

by Πλάτων

The first chapter consists of a typical early Platonic dialogue: it was possibly originally written separately from the ...