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All of these stories, poems, novellas, novels, and nonfiction books
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These classic works are available in their entirety online or as free ebooks.

This list is in alphabetical order by author.

Alphabetical by title

Genre-specific:
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Cover of Standard Ebook's Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre: Spoiler-Free Synopsis Unhappy with her deceased uncle's family, orphaned, ten-year-old Jane Eyre wants to be sent away to boarding school. At Lowood Institution, ...
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Cover of Standard eBooks version of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights: Spoiler-Free Synopsis As a young man, Heathcliff, an orphaned gypsy, is adopted by the Earnshaws, who live at Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm ...
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A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities: Spoiler-Free Synopsis In Paris, about a decade before the French Revolution, a traumatized and physically broken Dr. Manette is released ...
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