Read to Learn! Classics for Teens and Adults

Learn something new by studying the classics and participating in our September SweetBean Challenge on Beanstack!

Updated August 27, 2024
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The call of the wild
London, Jack
Ebook
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
The personal history of David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
David Copperfield (1849-50) was Dickens's favorite novel: 'Of all my books', he wrote, 'I like it the best.' Strikingly autobiographical in its childhood scenes, it relates David's history from birth to young manhood, and the host of characters he meets on his journey of self-knowledge: Mr Micawber,...
Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Paper Book
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Paper Book
Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's account of the American dream gone awry, has established itself as one of the most popular and widely read novels in the English language. Until now, however, no edition has printed the novel exactly as Fitzgerald himself wrote...
The hobbit, or, There and back again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
This beautiful gift edition of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy, features cover art, illustrations, and watercolor paintings by the artist Alan Lee.  Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life,...
The house of mirth
Wharton, Edith
Ebook
Lily Bart, twenty-nine and unmarried, longs for a higher standing in society, which she believes she'll achieve by marrying a rich man. Unfortunately, her true love isn't wealthy enough, so Lily has to search elsewhere for a husband.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, or, The lad with the silver button : the original text
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paper Book
Robert Louis Stevenson always considered "Kidnapped," the tale of 17-year-old David Balfour's adventures in the remote islands and highlands of Scotland with renegade soldier Alan Breck Stewart, to be his greatest novel, but when the classic adventure tale was published in 1886, it was without much...
Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, mythologized, and represented in figures
Ovid
Paper Book
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Ebook
Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's classic comic romance, in which the five Bennett sisters try to find that most elusive creature: a single man in possession of a large fortune. Sparks fly when sweet, pretty Jane meets their new neighbor, Mr. Bingley, but her sister Elizabeth is most offended by...
Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann
Ebook
Hamlet
Shakespeare, William
Paper Book
The Annotated Shakespeare Series allowsreaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist "If any work deserves a student's closest attention, it is Hamlet. Burton Raffel's fully annotated edition is a teacher's and student...

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