Reading collections
Explore twelve curated reading collections: mysteries, adventure, philosophy, love, legends and more.
The art of slow living
Notice more and hurry less with reflections on nature, solitude and everyday life.
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Worlds beyond the everyday
Travel through fantastic worlds, scientific inventions and the limits of human ambition.
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A place to begin
A welcoming route into classic literature: memorable characters, mysteries and adventures.
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Mysteries and detectives
Follow clues with Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown, and unravel two landmark Victorian mysteries.
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Gothic and the supernatural
Haunted houses, unsettling doubles and forbidden desires in tales of fear and imagination.
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Love and society
Explore love, independence and social expectations through Austen, the Brontës and George Eliot.
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Adventure and discovery
Set sail, follow a treasure map and encounter journeys shaped by courage, obsession and revenge.
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Philosophy and freedom
Read contrasting ideas about a good life, political power, individual liberty and moral values.
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Growing up
Stories of childhood, friendship and finding a place in the world, from Avonlea to the Mississippi.
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Lives in their own words
Personal accounts of enslavement, freedom, self-education and spiritual reflection.
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Myths, fairy tales and legends
Discover epic journeys, Arthurian quests and fairy tales that have inspired generations of readers.
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On the stage
Love, tragedy, wit and social conflict in plays by Shakespeare, Sophocles, Ibsen and Wilde.
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