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