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With Amazon&#;s Kindle, you can tote around a book for your every mood and location, all day every day, without putting a load on your back or shoulder. Engage in a little light reading for the checkout counter, a serious engrossing work for the airport lounge, catch-up reading for your school assignments on the train, or something to occupy you at the cafe. The fact that you can carry multiple books conveniently in a lightweight tablet gives you an excuse to put away your smartphone, at least for a while.
Amazon&#;s Kindle, the most popular e-book reader in existence, has been around for 13 years, and that means kids have grown up with them. Even though Amazon has made a slew of more general-use tablets over the years &#; most recently, the Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition and Amazon Fire HD 10 &#; the Kindle deservedly remains the company&#;s flagship.
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Thankfully, for Kindle owners, there are thousands of titles currently available via Amazon, Google Play, and an array of other online sources. To help you sort through it all, we&#;ve rounded up some of the better free offerings, including public domain works and self-published titles. Never before has it been so easy to become a master of literature without trekking to your local library.
A note before you begin
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Books for kids
School Monitor by Alex Dunn
Chrissie and her twin brother, Richard, suffer from out-of-control bullying. This novel tells the story of the effects of bullying on kids, as well as the depression, suicidal ideation, vengeance, and guilt associated with witnessing and perpetrating physical and psychological violence. The twins have switched schools several times, but what happens in this last boarding school is shocking, and it&#;s hard for grownups to believe that children would be behind it.
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Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Inspired by Barrie&#;s friendship with Llewelyn Davies family, Peter and Wendy is essentially the classic tale of Peter Pan, a boy who can fly and whisks a group of young children away to Neverland. All the usual suspects make their debut (Tiger Lily, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, Captain Hook, etc.), but it might not seem as blatantly offensive to Native Americans as the Disney film.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
There are very few people who are oblivious to Dorothy&#;s cyclone-fueled romps in Oz with Wicked Witch of the West, yet revisiting the Kansas native&#;s harrowing quest for the Emerald City is always somehow reassuring. The Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow all add to Baum&#;s descriptive and vivid world. Victor Fleming&#;s music doesn&#;t quite do the novel the justice it deserves.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A touchstone in the realm of children&#;s literature, Burnett&#;s classic has been adapted time and time again for both the stage and the big screen. It revolves around heroine Mary Lenno, an orphan who&#;s shipped off from her colonial India to live on a dingy county estate in Yorkshire. There she learns the healing power of friendship through plant cultivation in her, ahem, secret garden. So heartwarming, yet insightful.
Grimm&#;s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Brothers Grimm wrote fairy tales that were aptly, rather grim, but many of the beloved tales have undergone edits and numerous alterations to the point where they&#;ve become suitable for children rather than the grotesque, violence-laden stories they once were. You know the tales &#; Rapunzel, Cinderella, Hansel, and Gretel &#; but there are also plenty of great standouts that weren&#;t made into animated films.
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Taking place in grubby Victorian New York, Little Lord Fauntleroy is a rags-to-riches story about a young boy named Cedric, who unexpectedly becomes royalty. While Cedric is whisked away to England by his grandfather to learn the ins and outs of the aristocracy, he ultimately manages to teach his grandfather to become a more compassionate leader.
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling
It should go without saying, kids love animals. Kipling&#;s tale, culled as a standalone story from The Jungle Book, follows a valiant mongoose who works to defend his adopted family of British colonials from a menacing pair of cobras upon their arrival in India. Sure, you may need to explain some of the subtle Victorianisms to younger audiences, but the harrowing story exhibits some of the most vibrant and sharp personifications of any novel in existence.
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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
As one of my favorite childhood books, it makes me all warm-and-fuzzy inside knowing Grahame&#;s classic is readily available free of charge. It&#;s about four anthropomorphized animals &#; Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger &#; and their various escapades in the English countryside. It&#;s chock-full of adventure, companionship, and moral reasoning, written by the former secretary of the Bank of England as bedtime stories for his son Alistair.
The Ghost Files (Book One) by Apryl Baker
Mattie Hathaway is a year-old girl with a terrible secret. Ever since her mother tried to kill her when she was five, she’s been able to see dead people of the spectral variety. When the ghost of her foster sister turns up, Mattie enlists the help of a young policeman to investigate her disappearance, but they better tread carefully because there’s a serial killer at work. This is smart teen fiction with plenty of twists and turns. This is the first in a five-book series.
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Science fiction & fantasy
City of Endless Night by M. M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
This prescient dystopian novel, written by an American at the end of World War I and published in , depicts the city of Berlin more than a century later when millions of people live underground as the city wages war with the rest of the world. Life is not pleasant. Food is strictly rationed for workers, religion is banned, and the population is tightly controlled via eugenics. What&#;s the natural response to all this misery? Revolution, of course, in the form of a young American chemist who infiltrates this closed society. Much of the plot predicts elements of Germany&#;s resurgence, the rise of fascism, Nazi ideology and the concept of a master race, and is seen as a precursor of Fritz Lang&#;s Metropolis, Aldous Huxley&#;s Brave New World, and other classics of the genre.
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The Legend of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles
The true origins and subsequent merits of the late King Arthur are controversial, to say the least. Knowles&#; version of the legendary British leader is considered one of the most revered, though, grounded in knights, damsels, and a sword most peculiarly wedged into a stone. The older language can be cumbersome, the repetitiveness a bit drab, yet the source material remains a poignant take on Middle Ages. Camelot doesn&#;t do it justice.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
It was a toss-up between Twenty ThousandandJourney to the Center of the Earth, with the latter possibly losing due to the terrible film with Brendan Fraser back in &#; However, Verne is renowned for his work in the sci-fi field, in both prose and creativity, and Captain Nemo&#;s trek through the Antarctic ice shelves, the Red Sea, and other fictional and real-world locations is extremely engrossing. This is one of those classic books everyone should read.
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
London&#;s White Fang and The Call of the Wild seemingly garner all the praise, but his world foray into the world of sci-fi shouldn&#;t go unnoticed. The Plague is set in a fictional, post-apocalyptic version of San Francisco, 60 years after an uncontrollable epidemic known as the Red Death obliterated Earth&#;s population. James Howard Smith tries to impart his knowledge onto his grandsons before it&#;s too late. It&#;s graphic, but the book&#;s prophetic nature is all too real.
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
If you&#;re looking for a philosophical novel that dabbles in math and exists in a two-dimensional fantasy realm where all inhabitants are geometric shapes, then Flatland is surely for you. It&#;s a satirical look on society and class distinctions in Victorian England, with one inhabitant trying to grapple with the concept of third and fourth dimensions, but it&#;s still laid out in a manner that is easy to grasp no matter your knowledge of the field.
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The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
Piper may have committed suicide in &#; often attributed to financial woes and marital problems &#; but not before he wrote a series of stellar short stories and several novels in the sci-fi vein. CosmicComputer, one of his last, is about a struggling, poverty-stricken post-war society who believes its survival depends on finding a computer known as MERLIN. The problem is, returning colonist Conn Maxwell knows otherwise. Troublesome.
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The Crystal Crypt by Philip K. Dick
Thirty-one pages doesn&#;t make a marathon of a book, but Dick&#;s novels have inspired everything from Blade Runner to The Adjustment Bureau. In the novel, Mars and Earth hang on the verge of war. The last ship bound for Earth is stopped by Martian soldiers searching for three saboteurs who supposedly destroyed a Martian city. The three aren&#;t found, but it doesn&#;t mean those harboring the secrets of the Martian city&#;s demise aren&#;t on board.
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The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
It&#;s impossible to ignore the similarities between Doyle&#;s work and Spielberg&#;s. However, the Victorian-era The Lost World offers a greater scientific basis than the blockbuster film created nearly a century later, even if it does see a young journalist and a small team scouring a remote Amazonian plateau in search of dinosaurs and other prehistoric beings. Doyle&#;s prose is dry and somewhat stale, whether he&#;s describing a band of ape-like humanoids or rehashing the genius exploits of Professor Challenger, but his tone is anything but.
Historical and historical fiction
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Living in Portland, you can&#;t turn a city corner without being reminded of Lewis and Clark&#;s fabled journey across the Northwest. They traversed a nation with the aid of Shoshone guide Sacajawea in the early s, chronicling all the flora, fauna, tribal encounters, and vast landscapes they encountered along their journey. The language can be difficult to decipher at times, but it&#;s a richly detailed account of our nation&#;s early natural history and exploration. There are plenty of other great history books if you&#;re looking for more options, though.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was always renowned for his eccentric and intriguing personality, whether he was dabbling in electricity, drinking beer, or serving as Postmaster General of the United States. Needless to say, he remains a hallmark of American history more than years after his death. His autobiography offers personal stories, exploits, and general insights to his life in the days before the American Revolution, making it an excellent non-fiction book worth reading.
Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt
There are few people involved today that boast a background as sprawling and diverse as good ol&#; Teddy Roosevelt. He was the leader of the Republican Party and the short-lived Bull Moose Party of , as well as an acclaimed naturalist, cowboy, hunter, author, and soldier in the Spanish-American War. The man is considered an American legend for both his exploits in office and outside of it &#; and his autobiography tells it all. We&#;ve found more of the best biographies if you&#;re looking for something similar.
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The Life of Buffalo Bill: An Autobiography by William Frederick Cody
Buffalo Bill is one of the most iconic and colorful characters epitomizing the American Old West. Although he was a plainsman, buffalo hunter, and scout (who had his Medal of Honor revoked and reinstated years later), his claim to fame was his Wild West show. His deeds were many, his prejudices few, and his autobiography follows his story from the time of his birth in until he was 44 years old. It&#;s not all of his life&#;s work, but it&#;s the foundation.
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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
After being stricken by measles and subsequent vision damage while attending Harvard, Dana enlisted as a sailor on a two-year voyage around Cape Horn on the brig Pilgrim. He kept a diary of his travels along the way, known as Two Years Before the Mast, and filled it with passages of practical naval jargon, animated imagery, and some of the first descriptions of s California. However, it&#;s more so a historical tale than one of adventure.
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
One of Virginia’ Woolf’s earlier works, Night and Day explores the lives of two women in Edwardian London. Night and Day is a nuanced exploration of the political and personal lives of women in the early 20th century. While some of Woolf’s later novels can be a challenge, Night and Day is an excellent read.
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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
The Mississippi River had a profound and pivotal on Twain from the time he was a little boy until his death in Life on the Mississippi is a memoir, a steamboat-era novel that summarizes the river&#;s discovery by Hernando de Soto in , Twain&#;s time as a steamboat pilot, and his eye-opening return to the river many years after industry and greed had befallen upon the surrounding banks. It revels in Twain&#;s knack for observation while providing a backdrop for the author&#;s classic tales.
South: The Story of Shackleton&#;s Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
It seems like almost all stories coming out of Antarctica either deal with penguins, polar bears, or survival. Being a first-hand account of 28 men marooned on polar ice following a nearly fatal shipwreck in unforgiving waters, Shackleton&#;s tale represents the third option. It recaps the journey, from Shackleton&#;s burning desires to traverse Antarctica to the subsequent catastrophe and ensuing struggle to survive, albeit with descriptive prowess and sea-log flare.
Mystery, thriller, and suspense
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Published anonymously in , nothing can prepare you for this deliciously clever gothic mystery book about the rivalry between two brothers in 17th-century Edinburgh and a powerful stranger known as Gil-Martin who stirs it all up. It&#;s a work of metafiction that delves into the psyche of religious fanaticism and presents a series of supposedly discovered documents, challenging you to unravel the enigma and make sense of what happened.
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
An increasingly nightmarish journey on a steamboat in the Congo turns into a disturbing journey into the human psyche. This novella served as the inspiration for the thriller movieApocalypse Now, which shifted the action to Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War, instead of 19th-century Africa. It&#;s a haunting tale, as a steamboat captain, Marlow, struggles up the river to find the insane Kurtz. Later criticized as a xenophobic dehumanization of Africans, it reflects colonial attitudes.
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Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
It&#;s safe to say that Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes is not a classic novel. It revolves around DMV employee Rose Gardner, her mother&#;s unexplained death, and the slew of wishes she haphazardly scribbles on the back of a Wal-Mart receipt &#; ones Gardner hopes to accomplish before visions of her own death, or jail time, come to pass. The book is more lighthearted than you might think, too, reveling in a next-door romance and subsequent murders. Take it at face value.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle did not invent the fictional detective archetype &#; that arguably goes to Edgar Allen Poe &#; but he certainly helped bring it to the mainstream with this classic mystery book. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes encapsulates 12 original tales featuring Holmes first published in The Strand Magazine, including classics like A Scandal in Bohemia and The Adventure of the Red-Headed League. Holmes&#; astute reasoning and knack for forensics are fleshed out in easily digestible snippets only Doyle could write.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
As the first of five novels featuring the beloved action-hero Richard Hannay, Buchan&#;s Thirty-Nine Steps has long been heralded for creating the man-on-the-run character we often see in literature and blockbuster films. It follows a retired mining engineer who becomes wrapped up in an international plot upon discovering a body in his home and fleeing for his native Scotland. It offers a short read, with a tense introduction into the world of espionage novels.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Collin&#;s classic is a must if you&#;re looking for a tale of mistaken identity encased in a shroud of mystery. It&#;s considered among the first mystery novels ever written, incorporating elements of Gothic horror and psychological realism, and narrated by multiple characters. The book opens with teacher Walter Hartright encountering a mysterious woman in white upon a London road, but it unravels into a sensational love affair with subtle undercurrents of political commentary.
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Having written more 80 detective novels during her lifetime, it&#;s safe to say Agatha Christie is considered a household name when it comes to the genre. Her second novel, The Secret Adversary, introduces the reader to Tommy and Tuppence, two characters who reoccur in other Christie tales down the line. Their goal? To find a woman who vanishes with government documents &#; and without becoming completely entrenched in a tangle of secret intelligence, false evidence, and dubious affairs.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
Arguably the first detective story ever written, the short tale is centered on a man named C. Auguste Dupin and his work to unravel the mystery surrounding a baffling double murder on a fictional street in Paris. Although numerous witnesses heard the suspect, no one can seem to agree on the language spoken, and the only other piece of apparent evidence is a lone strand of hair Dupin believes to be nonhuman. It&#;s captivating despite its age and serves as a prototype for numerous fictional detectives.
Murder on the Mind by L.L. Bartlett
It&#;s not surprising Murder on the Mind is a fitting title given the book&#;s main protagonist, Jeff Resnick, gains the ability to see murders happen through a series of psychic visions after sustaining traumatic brain injuries during a mugging. He, along with his brother, set forth to investigate the crimes and unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his brother&#;s banker and another unsuspecting victim. It&#;s stark and well-paced, with twists to match.
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky&#;s second novel following his return from exile in Siberia proposes more moral quandaries than any mystery or suspense novel on our roundup. It revolves around a penniless man named Rodion Raskolnikov who executes a plot to kill a corrupt pawnbroker to alleviate his financial woes and rid the world of corruption. Is murder warranted if it serves a higher purpose? It&#;s tough to say, but Dostoyevsky&#;s wordy tale and elegant style leave the question open.
Blindsided by Jay Giles
Blindsided is an appropriate title for Giles&#; lighthearted thriller, given how many twists and turns comprise stockbroker Matt Seattle&#;s life once he begins looking into the death of his former client and friend, Joe Jesso. The storyline is plausible and well-orchestrated, though short and predictable at times, with just enough suspense and action that you might overlook the sheer amount of loose ends left dangling at the end. Just blame it Giles&#; multifaceted, cartel-riddled plot and status as a newly minted author.
The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
If you like your tragedies bloody and grim, look no further than the Elizabethan playwrights, particularly John Webster. His play The Duchess of Malfi is a gruesome tale of corruption and the perils of being a woman in a world dominated by men. The central characters are Antonio, a man of low birth but high character, and the smart, kindly Duchess, with whom he falls in love and marries in secret. When the Duchess’ brothers discover the marriage, they decide to end it, violently.
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Volpone by Ben Jonson
Jonson&#;s most performed play, Volpone (or The Fox), is a brutal satire of greed and lust set in Venice. The plot centers around The Fox, a Venetian gentleman on his deathbed, and the action follows a series of men who attempt to gain his favor to win his fortune.
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Action and adventure
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
This awe-inspiring adventure concerns Captain Ahab&#;s obsession with the great white whale, an obsession so powerful and furious that it consumes him. Melville captures that spirit so well that &#;white whale&#; has passed into common usage to describe something you&#;ve been searching for obsessively. Having served on whaling ships, Melville paints a detailed picture of life at sea in pursuit of whales, largely for oil that was used in lamps, soap, and many other products. This classic book is also packed with references and clever narrative techniques that have proven very influential in the years since its publication in
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and Dumas&#; story of the false imprisonment and lustful vengeance of Edmond Dantes is one of the coldest. Wrongfully imprisoned by his best friend and various conspirators, Dantes vows to escape the confines of Château d&#;If, unearth the treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and reclaim what was once his. It&#;s one of Dumas&#; most famous works alongside The Three Musketeers, and for once, we actually enjoy the movie that goes with it.
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson&#;s classic is described as &#;buccaneers and buried gold,&#; but that&#;s not all it is. Yes, it helped set the bar for iconic pirate stereotypes &#; treasure maps marked with the letter &#;X,&#; tropical islands, etc. &#; but it&#;s characters like Long John Silver that add a level of complexity and moral depth to an otherwise straightforward children&#;s tale. Plus, it&#;s filled with historical allusions and wry, moral commentary that should entertain adults and young audiences alike.
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London
It&#;s hard to argue Call of the Wild isn&#;t Jack London&#;s magnum opus. Based on London&#;s experiences as a prospector in the Klondike, it follows a St. Bernard-Scotch Collie named Buck who is stolen, sold, and forced to survive as a sled dog in the harsh realities of the Arctic. It&#;s an endearing story, awash with themes of moral good doing and loyalty, and filled with London&#;s incredibly descriptive accounts of the terrain during the bustling gold rush of the late s.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn gets a lot of hype, but it&#;s the prequel that helped set the stage for later acts. It carries a somber note amid the air of Twain&#;s iconic humor and English vernacular, accounting the tale of a young boy growing up on the Mississippi and the various escapades he encountered doing so. Although it often revels in the innocence of childhood and bittersweet nostalgia, it&#;s still teeming with adult themes and the harsh realities of slavery, starvation, and murder.
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
We will probably never know the inspiration for Defoe&#;s classic castaway tale, but it has certainly inspired an abundance of film adaptations and literary spinoffs. The main character, Robinson Crusoe, becomes stranded on a desert island following an intense storm at sea, equipped with no more than a pipe, a knife, and an inch of tobacco. Needless to say, 24 years pass before he confronts anyone, and when he does, it&#;s certainly not with open arms.
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Horror
Dracula by Bram Stoker
No more Twilight. Stoker&#;s novel defined the classic vampire, epitomizing Gothic horror and solidifying the character as one of the most iconic horror icons for years to come. The novel is written in an epistolary format as a series of letters and diary entries, among other things, and follows Dracula&#;s move from Transylvania to England and his confrontations with Professor Van Helsing and Jonathan Harker. You&#;ve seen the classic horror movieNosferatu, but Stoker&#;s vision of this horror book kicked it all off.
The Doll by J.C. Martin
Dolls are creepy, plain and simple, and 30 pages of them are more than adequate. Martin writes about a young girl&#;s encounter with a cursed doll on a trip to Mexico, one that later concerns her mother after she begins developing a peculiar set of worrisome mannerisms tied to the doll&#;s dark history. Though it falters grammatically at times, it&#;s well-paced and eerily captivating.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Shelley wrote and published Frankenstein by the time she turned That&#;s a remarkable feat by any standard, especially given the lasting impression the novel had on the world of sci-fi, horror, and countless other genres. It&#;s centered around scientist Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates in his laboratory, along with the repercussions of abandoning the grotesque life he created.
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
Although only the first four tales in Chamber&#;s classic novel fall under the &#;horror&#; genre, they do so with macabre zest. The King in Yellow refers to a forbidden play that&#;s interwoven within the short stories from which madness and corruption befall upon its readers. Two of the stories take place in s America, two in Paris, but all four focus on self-indulgent artists with their own shortcomings. Chambers&#; seminal work and vague, evocative prose likely spurred H.P. Lovecraft and others.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mad scientists were one of the catapults of the horror genre, so it&#;s not surprising that Stevenson&#;s tale about a deranged doctor with split personalities, one good and one evil, made our list. It&#;s a psychological fantasy of sorts, culled from the modern theories of evolution and class at the time, and burgeoning with examinations of the duality of human nature and insights regarding Victorian-era culture. Still, many argue and provide merit that Dr. Jekyll is more multifaceted than most make him out to be, and to say he has a dual personality is overly simplistic.
The Monk: A Romance by M.G. Lewis
&#;Scandalous&#; and &#;obscene&#; were two words commonly spurred by Lewis&#; lurid story of a villainous priest succumbing to sexual temptations and overly violent impulses. Like numerous Gothic works of the time, it deals with how even the most moral of characters can be corrupted &#; in this case a priest who has sex with a young girl disguised as a boy and further delves into other sensational acts of sorcery, incest, torture, murder, and deceit. It&#;s erotic, but not in a 50 Shades of Grey kind of way.
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
You&#;ll be quickly absorbed in this supernatural tale that begins with a strange medical experiment and then takes a turn to delve into pagan Britain and ancient gods. It&#;s a novella where much is left to the imagination, but it unfolds beautifully and builds the suspense toward an unforgettably creepy climax. This atmospheric horror classic from the s inspired H.P. Lovecraft, among others, and it was widely denounced when it was first published.
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