The Classic Literature Site
Index of Areas
Note: all entries marked '*' have not been properly formatted
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This site is dedicated to the collection classic literature in hypertext format. I
have three goals which I am attempting to accomplish over time. These are:
- Properly format each of several great (and copyright-free) works
- Compile glossaries and indices for each
- Work on cross-references between them all and to other sites
I am about half-way through the first of these at the
moment. As time moves on, I hope to add at least another six works and
then move on to #2, the glossary and index compilation, which I expect
will take a considerable amount of time. Any advice (how exactly
should indexing in HTML work?) or help would be greatly
appreciated. Feel free to contact me with any
suggestions or corrections which you have.
I am also working on converting these files to LaTeX
format (an excellent typesetting format) in order to conveniently print
them. When this is finished it will be possible to print and bind them
professionally. Publishing for the masses!
Also take a look at Literature Classics, a
source not of texts but of information about texts and authors. An
interesting resource.
Novels
I am currently working on these.
- Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini Updated 16 July '03
- An excellent piece surrounded by the events of the French Revolution. Most
interesting.
- A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- This is the first of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories. Two American
travellers are murdered grotesquely and Holmes solves a case the police find
quite baffling. Excellent.
- The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Another great novel about Sherlock Holmes, this time concerned with the
solution to a bizarre murder with connexions to the Orient.
- The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
- This is the classic story of a young Englishman with an uncanny resemblance
to His Highness the King of Ruritania. A great read and an excellent
adventure.
- Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope
- The sequel to the above, dealing with the further adventures of those
from the first book. Not quite as good, but still great.
Poetry
- The Grave of the Hundred Head, by Rudyard Kipling Updated 1 August '03
- If, by Rudyard Kipling
- 'If you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming
it on you…' This is a very famous poem, and a good read as well.
- Soldier an' Sailor Too, by Rudyard
Kipling
- Troopin', by Rudyard Kipling
- The Young British Soldier, by Rudyard
Kipling
- These are all good and humourous poems about soldiering by Kipling.
- In the Greenest of the Valleys, by Edgar Allan Poe
- From The Fall of the House of Usher.
- The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
- 'Quoth the raven, "Nevermore!"' One of his most well-known works.
- The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
- 'Into the valley of death rode the brave six hundred…' An inspiring
poem, a favourite of the Victorians.
Short Stories
- His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The last of the famous Holmes collections, the last story being concerned
with that most unfortunate incident, the First World War.
- The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
- A classic story of revenge.
Copyright Notice
All material on this site is, as far as I am
aware,
free of copyright. If I am mistaken, please notify me.