Books Tagged ‘Fiction’
Hard Times
Subject: Fiction
Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises the soc...
Tags: Fiction, Novels, Historical, Literature
Gulliver’s Travels
Subject: Fiction
Gulliver’s Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by...
Tags: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Novels, Literature
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Subject: Fiction
“I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt. ” These words of Maupassant to Jose Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, i...
Tags: Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, France
The Cask of Amontillado
Subject: Horror
“The Cask of Amontillado” (sometimes spelled “The Casque of Amontillado”) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Academic, Fiction
Oliver Twist
Subject: Fiction
The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the ̶...
Tags: Fiction, Novels, Historical, Literature
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Subject: Horror
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction
The Time Machine
Subject: Science Fiction
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the c...
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Time Travel
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Subject: Plays
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. His plays are constantly studied, performed an...
Tags: Poetry, Fiction, Literature, Plays, Collections
