I don’t often delve into the realm of classical literature, some of it is a little too complex for me, and some is just really bizarre. But here are the few classics that I have enjoyed and reviewed.
Non-fiction
Poems
- Inferno by Dante Alighieri
- The Romantic Poets by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Series
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Little Women #1)
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland #1)
- Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland #2)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #3)
- Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables #1)
Short story collections
- The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
- A Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures by Charles Dickens
- Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Other Strange Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Dracula and Other Horror Stories by Bram Stoker
Standalones – Novels
- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
- Hans Christian Andersen Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- 101 Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
- 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- The Nutcracker by Alexandre Dumas
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang
- Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
- Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
- Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
- Jodie’s Journey by Colin Thiele
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
- The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Standalones – Novellas
- The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
- The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter
- The Courtship of Mr Lyon by Angela Carter
- The Erl-King by Angela Carter
- The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter
- Puss-in-Boots by Angela Carter
- The Snow Child by Angela Carter
- The Tiger’s Bride by Angela Carter
- The Werewolf by Angela Carter
- Wolf Alice by Angela Carter
- The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens
- The Chimes by Charles Dickens
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens
- The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson
- A Lodging for the Night by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Pavilion on the Links by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Rajah’s Diamond by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson