Free Classic Literature in the Public Domain

William Shakespeare - The Complete Literary Works of William Shakespeare, 42 plays, poems and The Sonnets from the bard himself. You will also find 11 Plays attributed in part to William Shakespeare and 19 of Shakespeare's plays/books translated to German. Jules Verne - The Complete Literary Works of Jules Verne. This French Author is best known for such classics as Around the World in 80 Days and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Jules Verne site includes most of Verne's books in both the original French and English translations and we even found a few Dutch translations! King James Bible - The Old and New Testament of the King James Bible, from Genesis to The Revelation of Saint John the Devine what more can we say about this classic religous book. Charles Dickens - The Complete Literary Works of Charles Dickens including the children's classic Oliver Twist. Wilkie Collins - The Complete Literary Works of Wilkie Collins, a close friend to Charles Dickens, this classic literature author is the creator of one of the finest English detective novels the Moonstone. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Also listed under the Detective Stories part of our site. Charles Darwin - The Complete Works of Charles Darwin's classic scientific literature, including this British Authors most famous and controversial work in the field of Evolution: The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection. Mark Twain - The Complete Literary Works of Mark Twain. This classic American Author AKA Samuel Langhorne Clemens is best known for the sequel to Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). The Classic Literature Library received the DMOZ Cool Site Award for this part of our literature website. Robert Louis Stevenson - The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. This Scottish Author is best know for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Bram Stoker - If you are a fan of classic Dracula or vampires you must of heard of this Irish Author. Fairy Tales and Children's Literature - The works of L. Frank Baum, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the entire Oz series (over 20 books). You will also find the works of Lewis Carroll, including the classic children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Free Recipes - Currently 75,000 recipes and over a dozen public domain classic cook books including Simple Italian Cookery. Italian Books - I'm learning Italian and what better way to learn than from Classic Italian Books. Ok there is a better way, travel through Italy and immerse yourself in the culture and language, if only I had the time. Romance Books - Includes the complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (30 volumes!!) and all Jane Austen romance novels.