The Reading Room

Everything in the Literarium you can read here, free, gathered by kind of writing.

Novels (216)

• Aaron's Rod by D. H. Lawrence
• The Abbot by Walter Scott
• Adam Bede by George Eliot
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad
• The Ambassadors by Henry James
• The American by Henry James
• The Antiquary by Walter Scott
• Armadale by Wilkie Collins
• The Aspern Papers by Henry James
• The Awkward Age by Henry James
• Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Novellas (38)

• The Apple Tree by John Galsworthy, from Five Tales
• The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens
• Behind a Mask; or, a Woman's Power by Louisa May Alcott
• The Captain's Doll by D. H. Lawrence
• The Chimes by Charles Dickens
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
• A Dark Night's Work by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Eternal Husband by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Frederick Whishaw
• The First And Last by John Galsworthy, from Five Tales
• The Fox by D. H. Lawrence

Short Stories (438)

• Absolution by F Scott Fitzgerald, from All the Sad Young Men
• The Adjuster by F Scott Fitzgerald, from All the Sad Young Men
• An Adventure in Ireland by Charlotte Brontë, from The Twelve Adventurers, and Other Stories
• The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective by Robert Louis Stevenson, from New Arabian Nights
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs by Robert Louis Stevenson, from New Arabian Nights
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle, from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• The Adventures of Ernest Alembert by Charlotte Brontë, from The Twelve Adventurers, and Other Stories

Poems (1235)

• The 'Eathen by Rudyard Kipling, from Barrack-Room Ballads
• ( Nursery Memories ) I.—THE FIRST FUNERAL by Robert Graves, from Over the Brazier
• ( Nursery Memories ) II.—THE ADVENTURE by Robert Graves, from Over the Brazier
• ( Nursery Memories ) III.—I HATE THE MOON by Robert Graves, from Over the Brazier
• - Sonnet I - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet II - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet III - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet IV - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet IX - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet V - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet VI - by Alan Seeger, from Poems
• - Sonnet VII - by Alan Seeger, from Poems

Plays (50)

• All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
• Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
• As You Like It by William Shakespeare
• The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
• Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
• Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
• A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
• Exiles by James Joyce
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
• Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
• Henry V by William Shakespeare

Comics (1)

• Entering the Weave : The Graphic Novel by Simon Yates

Memoirs (1)

• The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad

Autobiographies (2)

• An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope
• The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin

Biographies (6)

• The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume I by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin
• The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume II by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin
• The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume I by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume II by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Life of Cicero, Volume I by Anthony Trollope
• The Life of Cicero, Volume II by Anthony Trollope

Travel writing (10)

• Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Samuel Butler
• American Notes by Charles Dickens
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 2: Shawl-Straps by Louisa May Alcott
• Ex Voto by Samuel Butler
• A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler
• From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
• Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens
• Sea and Sardinia by D. H. Lawrence
• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

History writing (1)

• A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens

Articles/Essays (126)

• About Censorship by John Galsworthy, from The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays
• An Accursed Race by Elizabeth Gaskell, from Round the Sofa — Volume II
• Addison by Virginia Woolf, from The Common Reader
• Back Windows by Louisa May Alcott, from Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 1: My Boys
• Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell by Charlotte Brontë, from Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells
• The Black Godmother by John Galsworthy, from The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays
• Burleigh And His Times by Thomas Babington Macaulay, from Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 1
• A Christian by John Galsworthy, from The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays
• Civil Disabilities Of The Jews by Thomas Babington Macaulay, from Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 2
• The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf, from The Common Reader
• The Crucifix Across the Mountains by D. H. Lawrence, from Twilight in Italy
• A Day by Louisa May Alcott, from Hospital Sketches

Treatises (2)

• The Fair Haven by Samuel Butler
• Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott

Science writing (3)

• The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin
• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
• On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

Collections (93)

• 1914 and Other Poems by Rupert Brooke
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
• All the Sad Young Men by F Scott Fitzgerald
• Amores by D. H. Lawrence
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 1: My Boys by Louisa May Alcott
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 3: Cupid and Chow-Chow by Louisa May Alcott
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 4: My Girls by Louisa May Alcott
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 5: Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore by Louisa May Alcott
• Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Volume 6: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
• Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling
• The Bible (King James Version)
• Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells by Charlotte Brontë

Dictionaries (1)

• The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce