A small, considered library

Meet the classics where you are.

Read every work as published, or gently reshape difficult language while keeping the story, structure, and voice intact.

1815 · 55 entries

Jane Austen

A brilliant comedy of manners about confidence, misread intentions, and the difficult art of understanding other people.

1818 · 28 entries

Mary Shelley

A scientist's act of creation becomes a haunting study of responsibility, isolation, prejudice, and the human need for companionship.

1861 · 59 entries

Charles Dickens

Pip's rise from a village forge to London society tests his ideas about class, loyalty, ambition, and what makes a life worthwhile.

1894 · 14 entries

Rudyard Kipling

Stories and songs of Mowgli, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and other creatures exploring courage, belonging, law, and life in the wild.

c. 700 BCE · 24 entries

Homer

Odysseus struggles home from war through storms, monsters, temptation, and loss while his family resists those who would replace him.

1881 · 34 entries

Robert Louis Stevenson

A mysterious map draws Jim Hawkins into a voyage of mutiny, buried treasure, divided loyalties, and unforgettable danger.

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