Want students to read more? So do we. That's why we created the Townsend Library—a collection of more than a hundred high-interest paperbacks that engage and entice readers.
As a convenience to educators, we've bundled related Townsend Library books into collections that allow you to easily extend your classroom offerings or deepen your coverage of a specific genre or topic.
Books in this collection of fictional works will have particular appeal to readers looking for classic works of literature.
Readability Note: The classic works in this collection have been carefully edited for clarity and readability.
The Classics Collection: Volume 2 includes one copy of each of the books listed below (25 books total). To learn more about a particular book, click its title.
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
The Odyssey by Homer
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
The Virginian by Owen Wister
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
White Fang by Jack London
Click a title below to read the book's first chapter (chapter links will be added soon).
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
The Odyssey by Homer
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
The Virginian by Owen Wister
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
White Fang by Jack London