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The British Literature Collection brings together the pillars of the English literary canon — the novels, plays, and poems that defined a tradition spanning the Romantics, the Victorians, and the early twentieth century. It features the enduring work of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Shelley, and many more.

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Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
The Secret of ChimneysAgatha Christie
The Love Letters of Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster
Sense and SensibilityJane Austen
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll
The String of PearlsJames Malcolm Rymer
DraculaBram Stoker
A Honeymoon in SpaceGeorge Chetwynd Griffith
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
The Complete Works of William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCharlotte Brontë
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThomas Malory
MiddlemarchGeorge Eliot
The Man Who Was Thursday: A NightmareG. K. Chesterton
Roméo et JulietteWilliam Shakespeare
The Mystery of Edwin DroodCharles Dickens
Frankenstein; or, the Modern PrometheusMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Under the Red Dragon: A NovelJames Grant
The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis
The Silent BarrierLouis Tracy
Cynthia's ChauffeurLouis Tracy
Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore
The Gay Adventure: A RomanceRichard Bird
The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle
A Study in ScarletArthur Conan Doyle
Doctor Cupid: A NovelRhoda Broughton
The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaPhilip Sidney
The Boy with WingsBerta Ruck
That Which Hath WingsRichard Dehan
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of CourtshipUnknown
History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
The Passionate ElopementCompton MacKenzie
Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
Linnet: A RomanceGrant Allen
Forest Days: A Romance of Old TimesG. P. R. James
The Pirate / Andrew Lang EditionWalter Scott
Only a Girl's LoveCharles Garvice
One of the Six Hundred: A NovelJames Grant
The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie
The Crack of DoomRobert Cromie
The Blue Lagoon: A RomanceH. De Vere Stacpoole
Henrietta Temple: A Love StoryBenjamin Disraeli
The Turn of the ScrewHenry James
CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson
The Sign of the FourArthur Conan Doyle
The Innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
One WomanAlfred Ollivant
The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie
The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
Poirot InvestigatesAgatha Christie
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle
The Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie
The Wisdom of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins
The MoonstoneWilkie Collins
The Valley of FearArthur Conan Doyle
A Case in CameraOliver Onions
His Last BowArthur Conan Doyle
The Secret AdversaryAgatha Christie
The Secret Agent: A Simple TaleJoseph Conrad
The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan
The Zeppelin’s PassengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
Modern English BiographyFrederic Boase
The Lady of the LakeWalter Scott
Love and Freindship [sic]Jane Austen
Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett Browning
As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
Complete Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith
The Enchanted AprilElizabeth Von Arnim
Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë
The Yeoman AdventurerGeorge W. Gough
Desperate RemediesThomas Hardy
Two on a TowerThomas Hardy
The Amazing MarriageGeorge Meredith
De ProfundisOscar Wilde
The Man Who Did the Right ThingHarry Johnston
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
CranfordElizabeth Gaskell
History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding
Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomT. Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerT. Smollett
The Adventures of Roderick RandomT. Smollett
Biographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor Coleridge
The Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph Bédier
The Mystery of a Turkish BathRita
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
Peter PanJ. M. Barrie
Helen Vardon’s ConfessionR. Austin Freeman
UlyssesJames Joyce
The Fifth Queen CrownedFord Madox Ford
An Old Man’s LoveAnthony Trollope
Love and LucyMaurice Hewlett
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson
Irene IddesleighAmanda McKittrick Ros
The Rustle of SilkCosmo Hamilton
Faithful MargaretMrs. J. M. Simpson
The RaftConingsby Dawson
Madame FlirtCharles E. Pearce
Addie’s HusbandMrs. Gordon Smythies
The Black MothGeorgette Heyer
Gulliver’s Travels into Remote NationsJonathan Swift
Jane Seton; or, The King’s AdvocateJames Grant
The Love-Story of Aliette BruntonGilbert Frankau
The First of the EnglishArchibald Clavering Gunter
The Black AbbotEdgar Wallace
The Trail of the SerpentM. E. Braddon
The Mystery of Angelina FroodR. Austin Freeman
Cursed be the TreasureH. B. Drake
Love and LifeCharlotte M. Yonge
A Silent WitnessR. Austin Freeman
The Lilac SunbonnetS. R. Crockett
The Cardinal’s Snuff-BoxHenry Harland
The Valley of Eyes UnseenGilbert Collins
Karl GrierLouis Tracy
Moon of MadnessSax Rohmer
The Strange HouseCatharine Shaw
The DryadJustin Huntly McCarthy
Kate Plus 10Edgar Wallace
MarigoldEdith Allonby
Room 13Edgar Wallace
Saved from HerselfAdelaide Stirling
The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah StubbsFlorence Marryat
A Terrible TemptationCharles Reade
The Vision of DesireMargaret Pedler
Alice, or the MysteriesEdward Bulwer-Lytton
A Love StoryWilliam Harvey Christie
EmmaJane Austen
PersuasionJane Austen
Robert ElsmereMrs. Humphry Ward
Tancred; Or, The New CrusadeBenjamin Disraeli
The Beth BookSarah Grand
The Creators: A ComedyMay Sinclair
PygmalionBernard Shaw
The Mistress of ShenstoneFlorence L. Barclay
The Happy Prince, and Other TalesOscar Wilde
Mansfield ParkJane Austen
The Invisible ManH. G. Wells
Agatha’s HusbandDinah Craik
Memoirs of Fanny HillJohn Cleland
Hard TimesCharles Dickens
The Prodigal FatherJ. Storer Clouston
A Little PrincessFrances Hodgson Burnett
The Perpetual CurateMargaret Oliphant
OliveDinah Craik
The BuccaneerAnna Maria Hall
North and SouthElizabeth Gaskell
Anne of AvonleaL. M. Montgomery
The VampyreJohn William Polidori
Just So StoriesRudyard Kipling
Major VigoureuxArthur Quiller-Couch
IvanhoeWalter Scott
The Napoleon of Notting HillG. K. Chesterton
The Island of Doctor MoreauH. G. Wells
Poems, with The Ballad of Reading GaolOscar Wilde
The ConvertElizabeth Robins
Pamela Samuel Richardson
Lady Susan Jane Austen
Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft
Charlotte Temple Susanna Rowson
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith
Evelina Fanny Burney
Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth
Camilla Fanny Burney
Caleb Williams William Godwin
The Golden Shoemaker J. W. Keyworth
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg
The Wild Irish Girl Lady Morgan
History of English Literature Andrew Lang
Amelia Henry Fielding
The Man of Feeling Henry Mackenzie
A Simple Story Elizabeth Inchbald
Mary: A Fiction Mary Wollstonecraft
The Scarlet Feather Houghton Townley
Jonathan Wild Henry Fielding
The Watsons, Completed by L. Oulton Jane Austen
The Absentee Maria Edgeworth
Spring in a Shropshire Abbey Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell
The Annals of the Parish John Galt
Selected English Letters Mabel Duckitt and Harriet W. Elgee
St. Ronan’s Well Walter Scott
Memoirs of Emma Courtney Mary Hays
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Thomas Holcroft
The Ayrshire Legatees John Galt
Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature Emily Hickey
The Provost John Galt
Self-Control Mary Brunton
The Age of Pope John Dennis
Colonel Jack Daniel Defoe
Dalziels’ Illustrated Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith
A Description of Millenium Hall Sarah Scott
The Oyster Peer
The Surgeon’s Daughter Sir Walter Scott
The Last HopeHenry Seton Merriman
The Vicar of Wrexhill Frances Trollope
Almoran and Hamet John Hawkesworth
Nature and Art Elizabeth Inchbald
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless Eliza Haywood
Anna St. Ives Thomas Holcroft
Dr. Wortle’s SchoolAnthony Trollope