Classic library

Thirty books you can read here. Open a chapter and stay on the page.

Every chapter is on this site. Use the text-size buttons, and your place is saved in this browser. Summaries and study notes were written here. The books themselves are public domain. A few need a grown-up; that note is on the book page. When you want a short break, try a quiz or a worksheet.

The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle, 1892 Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll, 1865 Aesop's FablesAesop, translated by V. S. Vernon Jones, 1912 Grimms' Fairy TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm, 1812 Peter PanJ. M. Barrie, 1911 The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum, 1900 Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson, 1883 The Jungle BookRudyard Kipling, 1894 Black BeautyAnna Sewell, 1877 HeidiJohanna Spyri, 1881 Little WomenLouisa May Alcott, 1868 Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery, 1908 The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1911 Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe, 1719 Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift, 1726 Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne, 1873 The Adventures of PinocchioCarlo Collodi, 1883 Andersen's Fairy TalesHans Christian Andersen, 1835 The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame, 1908 The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain, 1876 Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain, 1884 A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens, 1843 Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen, 1813 The Swiss Family RobinsonJohann David Wyss, 1812 The Call of the WildJack London, 1903 White FangJack London, 1906 The Time MachineH. G. Wells, 1895 KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson, 1886 Just So StoriesRudyard Kipling, 1902 The Railway ChildrenE. Nesbit, 1906