Samizdat Express: 2864 books

Classic essays about Oxford University. The Preface begins: "These papers do not profess even to sketch the outlines of a history of Oxford. They are merely records of the impressions made by this or that aspect of the life of the University as it has been indifferent ages. Oxford is not an easy place...

"The ways of telling a story are as many as the tellers themselves. It isimpossible to lay down precise rules by which any one may perfecthimself in the art, but it is possible to offer suggestions by which toguide practise in narration toward a gratifying success."

The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio) in the original Italian. According to Wikipedia: "Durante degli Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was a Florentine poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called "Commedia" and later...

This file includes (in the original German): Die Verwandlung; Betrachtung: Kleine Erzählungen; Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen; Ein Hungerkünstler, Erzählung; In der Strafkolonie, Erzählung; and Das Urteil, Erzählung. According to Wikipedia: Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 3 June 1924) was a major fiction...

Classic western. According to Wikipedia: "Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American novelist who wrote fictional stories about the American Old West... She wrote 57 Western novels, several of which were turned into films."

This book-collection file includes: The Book of Pirates, Men of Iron, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Otto of the Silver Hand, The Ruby of Kishmoor, Stolen Treasure, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, and Twilight Land. With the active (hyperlinked) table of contents, click on a book...

Novel first published in 1899. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction....

This file includes the classic ghost stories: Schalken the Painter (1851), An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853), An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (1862), Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen (1861) , The Haunted Baronet (1871), Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851),...

According to Wikipedia: "Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist... Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines...

This collection includes: Something New, The Swoop, Tales of St. Austin's, Three Men and a Maid, The White Feather, and A Wodehouse Miscellany. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 1881 14 February 1975) was an English writer whose body of work includes novels, collections...

This collection includes: The Adventures of Sally, The Clicking of Cuthbert, The Coming of Bill, A Damsel in Distress, Death at the Excelsior and Other Stories, The Gem Collector, The Girl on the Boat, The Gold Bat, The Head of Kay's, and The Intrusion of Jimmy. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Pelham Grenville...

Short novel. According to Wikipedia: "William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name."

According to Wikipedia: "George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters.[1] His mother died when he was five. ...He read law and was articled as a solicitor,...

According to Wikipedia: " John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 September 28, 1970) was an American novelist and artist... Considered one of the Lost Generation writers, Dos Passos's first novel was published in 1920. Titled One Man's Initiation: 1