Free literary fiction books

Literary fiction is read for how it is written as much as for what happens. These are novels and stories that care most about language, character and ideas, and take their time with all three. Prize winners and modern classics sit here, beside quieter books that reward a slow read. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.

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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare, David Wardle

1871 · 1875 edition

154 pages

Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Published 1895

516 pages

Hamlet
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

1877 · 1899 edition

228 pages

Emma
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Emma

Jane Austen

Published 1892

646 pages

Il principe
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Il principe

Niccolò Machiavelli

Published 1891

468 pages

Walden
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Walden

Henry David Thoreau

1882 · 1897 edition

344 pages

Middlemarch
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Middlemarch

George Eliot

Published 1873

308 pages

Vanity Fair
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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray, Guiffrey

1848 · 1879 edition

700 pages

As You Like it
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As You Like it

William Shakespeare

1868 · 1894 edition

212 pages

Hard Times
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Hard Times

Charles Dickens

Published 1858

494 pages

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