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The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.

A tale of a lover who was pledged to a sweetheart who had been in her grave for more than a century, and of the striking death that menaced him—a story of Jules de Grandin.

Nach Abenteuern in der Teufelsschlucht und bei der Juwelenhöhle treffen Kara Ben Nemsi und seine Begleiter auf das Oberhaupt der Verbrecher, den "Schut". Manche gefährliche Situation wird heraufbeschworen, ehe die Jagd, die in der tunesischen Wüste begann, in Albanien zu Ende geht.

The Common Law was written in the year 1911 by Robert William Chambers. This book is one of the most popular novels of Robert William Chambers, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

On Liberty is a philosophical work by 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work, advocating moral and economic freedom of individuals from the state.

Follows the adventures of a young man called Charles Kennedy. Loosely autobiographical account of Ballantyne's own time with the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. Its success prompted a series of excellent stories of adventure for the young with which this prolific Scottish author's name is popularly associated. In the very center of the great continent of North America, far removed from the abodes of civilized men, and about twenty miles to the south of Lake Winnipeg, exists a colony composed of Indians, Scotsmen, and French-Canadians, which is known by the name of Red River Settlement. Although far removed from the civilized world, and containing within its precincts much that is savage and very little that is refined, Red River is quite a populous paradise, as compared with the desolate, solitary establishments of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company.

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of women in Victorian culture, conventional and conservative sexuality, immigration, colonialism, postcolonialism and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the popularity of vampires has been singularly responsible for many theatrical and film interpretations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Other Gods was written in the year 1933 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. This book is one of the most popular novels of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in the latter half of the 14th century. The text is a spiritual guide to contemplative prayer. "Be willing to be blind, and give up all longing to know the why and how, for knowing will be more of a hindrance than a help." This 1912 edition was edited by Evelyn Underhill, and contains her introduction.

Der reiche englische Gentleman Phileas Fogg, geradezu Exzentriker in Sachen Pünktlichkeit und täglichen Gewohnheiten und zudem ein leidenschaftlicher Whist-Spieler, wettet mit anderen Mitgliedern des Reform Club in London, dass es ihm gelingen werde, in 80 Tagen um die Welt zu reisen. Noch am selben Abend bricht er mit seinem gerade neu eingestellten französischen Diener Passepartout auf. Mit dem Zug fahren sie über Paris nach Brindisi, wo sie das Dampfschiff Richtung Bombay besteigen. In einem Reisesack hat er 20.000 Pfund Sterling dabei, die Hälfte seines Vermögens.

The Doom That Came to Sarnath was written in the year 1919 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. This book is one of the most popular novels of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Pursuit of the House-Boat was written in the year 1897 by John Kendrick Bangs. This book is one of the most popular novels of John Kendrick Bangs, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The Evil Guest was written in the year 1851 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This book is one of the most popular novels of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Flower fables was the first work published by Louisa May Alcott and appeared on December 9, 1854. The book was a compilation of fanciful stories first written six years earlier for Ellen Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Sheil's free-flowing and persuasive style of writing produces a convincing portrait of Adam Jefferson -- a man who, upon returning alone from an expedition to the North Pole, learns that a world-wide catastrophe has left him the last man on Earth.

The Last Chronicle of Barset was written in the year 1867 by Anthony Trollope. This book is one of the most popular novels of Anthony Trollope, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.