Turn the pages to explore bygone eras, time-honored tales and historical narratives. Adventure awaits in these classic books. Here are some Classics Kindle eBooks for FREE:
The Odyssey by Homer and Alexander Pope
Homer’s great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893 94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard’s father, John Lockwood Kipling.
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha “Judy” Abbott, through her college years.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walden (1854) is probably the most famous writing of American author and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Originally serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, June 20-July 18, 1903, this classic remains relevant over 100 years later. The universal themes of survival, kindness, cruelty, and natural instinct are strengthened by Daniels’s performance. His voicing provides just the right conversational and friendly tone with a touch of comfortable rasp, adding fresh energy to the timeless story. Buck, a four-year-old St. Bernard-and Scotch Shepherd cross breed, who weighs 140 pounds, has his life changed forever when he is kidnapped and taken to the cold bleakness of the Arctic to work with Klondike gold miners.
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby, a gentleman’s son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. Along the way various older, money-grubbing villains attempt to injure him. Eventually, with the assistance of kind patrons, he and his family achieve economic security and a happy home.