Literary Fiction

Character, voice, and moral weather in the public domain.

Literary Fiction4.2

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920

Accessible · 334 pp.

Literary Fiction4.3

The Awakening

Kate Chopin · 1899

Moderate · 387 pp.

Literary Fiction3.6

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka · 1915

Challenging · 344 pp.

Literary Fiction4.1

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1864

Challenging · 245 pp.

Literary Fiction3.9

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville · 1853

Accessible · 251 pp.

Literary Fiction3.9

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad · 1899

Accessible · 215 pp.

Literary Fiction3.7

The Aspern Papers

Henry James · 1888

Challenging · 273 pp.

Literary Fiction3.7

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce · 1890

Accessible · 301 pp.

Literary Fiction4.2

The Touchstone

Edith Wharton · 1900

Moderate · 290 pp.

Literary Fiction3.7

Souls Belated

Edith Wharton · 1899

Moderate · 317 pp.

Literary Fiction3.6

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Leo Tolstoy · 1886

Accessible · 320 pp.

Literary Fiction3.8

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1922

Accessible · 290 pp.

Literary Fiction4.0

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton · 1911

Accessible · 336 pp.

Literary Fiction3.9

Daisy Miller

Henry James · 1878

Moderate · 287 pp.

Literary Fiction4.3

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol · 1842

Accessible · 191 pp.

Literary Fiction4.0

The Moving Finger

Edith Wharton · 1911

Accessible · 204 pp.

Literary Fiction4.3

The Beast in the Jungle

Henry James · 1903

Challenging · 223 pp.