The story of The Ugly Duckling was written by Hans Christian Anderson and was published for the first time in 1843 (download a free copy of The Ugly Duckling PDF by clicking the button down below). Hans Christian Anderson was…
Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild in 1903. It is a short action-adventure story that takes place in Canada in the 1890s. The story originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post as installments and was released a year…
The Invisible Man is a science fiction suspense novel that was written by H.G. Wells in 1897. Just like The Time Machine, The Invisible Man is also a classic in the science fiction genre. The book follows the story of…
Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884 and it is the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (download a free copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn PDF by clicking the button below). The book was…
Kate Chopin wrote The Awakening in 1899. The story is set in New Orleans towards the end of the 19th century when society was quite different, especially for women. The Awakening was one of the first English novels to explore…
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a short story that was written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890. The story takes place during the American Civil war and focuses on the thoughts of a man who has been sentenced to…
The Goldilocks and the Three Bears story is one of the most famous fairy tales in the world. It has been told and retold millions of times and has been translated into dozens of languages – You can download a…
The Monkey’s Paw is a gothic-style short story written by William Wymark Jacobs in 1902. It is probably one of his most well-known stories, especially in the classic horror genre. The story is part of a collection of short stories…
The Yellow Wallpaper was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and first published in 1892. It is a gothic-style short story that explores themes of despair, helplessness and insanity (download a free copy of The Yellow Wallpaper PDF by clicking the…
The Beowulf poem is an amazing Anglo-Saxon story about a brave hero named Beowulf who battles three savage monsters. The poem is a heroic epic that is more than 3,000 lines long, with the story taking place in 6th century…
If Dracula was the inspiration for all things the vampire then Treasure Island is certainly the inspiration for all things pirate! It was written by Robert Louis Stevenston in 1881 and was first published in a children’s magazine and later…
The metamorphosis is one of the most famous and well-known short stories by Franz Kafka. It was published in 1915 and follows the very sad story of a man by the name of Gregor who is mysteriously transformed into an…