PDF Books in Literary Fiction
Ulysses
by James JoyceUlysses written by James Joyce is perhaps one of 100 best novels of English literature, yet the most difficult novel to be understood by an average book reader. The novel is plotted as if the incidents happening in 19 hours from June 16, 1904, 8:00 AM to June 17, 1904, 3:00 AM at Dubliners, Ireland. This novel is plotted around three central cha..
Leaves of Grass
by Walt WhitmanLeaves of Grass is a collection of poems written by “the father of free verse” Walt Whitman, an American poet who published this work initially as a collection of 12 poems and went on to re-write until his death which ended up with 400 poems written over a period of forty years. Whitman did not follow any rules of standard such as line length, a..
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel of the most controversial English play wright Oscar Wilde. Not being a drama, this novel is not an exemption of controversies, and has gone through many edits due to strong outrage by British critics to the extent of asking for the author’s prosecution. Basil Hallward uses Dorian grey for on..
Dubliners
by James JoyceDubliners is a collection of short stories written by Irish writer James Joyce, during a period when people of the then Ireland was peaking at Irish Nationalism. Based on the Middle class life of people around Dublin, some of these 15 stories were narrated by Child protagonists and moved on to older people. The stories are narrated and ref..
Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud MontgomeryAnne of Green Gables is written by L. M. Montgomery, a Canadian writer whose literary works are popular among readers of all ages including children. This novel is a fiction story of a young orphan girl named Anne Shirley. Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert the siblings at their fifties were looking to adopt a boy to take care of their farm in Prince ..
Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World
by Mark TwainFollowing the Equator written by Mark Twain is a non-fiction work of his travel experiences blended with fiction stories. The author toured around the world to extricate himself from a debt of $100,000 on account of his failed investment in a revolutionary typesetting machine, which made him literally bankrupt. In his thirteen month of travel wi..
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor DostoyevskyCrime and Punishment is a fiction novel about mental anguish and moral dilemmas of a conflicted former student, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Russian Author remembered for his most popular works like “The Idiot” and “The Brothers Karamazov”. The story was conceived by the author when he lost his fortune in gambling and was unable to lead a basic ..
A Tramp Abroad
by Mark TwainA Tramp Abroad written by Mark Twain is a sequel to the Author’s early work The Innocents Abroad. This book is a travel literature, details the journey of the Author with his friend Harris (a fiction character based on Twain’s real friend Joseph Twichell). The destinations of the travel is through central Europe and Southern Europe with a goal o..