Classic novels you can read free online

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Eleven public-domain classics, beautifully formatted by Standard Ebooks. Free, no account. Prompt to make your own: "Recommend classic novels that are free to read online, with a one-line reason to read each, and save them to onelink."

Frankenstein Start here. Shorter and sadder than the films. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/mary-shelley/frankenstein
Dracula Told in letters and diaries. Read after dark. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/bram-stoker/dracula
Pride and Prejudice Funnier than you were told at school. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice
The Hound of the Baskervilles Holmes on a foggy moor. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles
The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde at his most quotable. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/oscar-wilde/the-picture-of-dorian-gray
Jane Eyre A heroine who says no. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charlotte-bronte/jane-eyre
Wuthering Heights Everyone in it is awful. That's the fun. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/emily-bronte/wuthering-heights
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde One evening, one sitting. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/robert-louis-stevenson/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde
The Time Machine Short, strange, and still ahead of its time. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells/the-time-machine
The Turn of the Screw A ghost story that never quite tells you. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-james/the-turn-of-the-screw
Edgar Allan Poe: short fiction The Tell-Tale Heart and friends, one story a night. https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/edgar-allan-poe/short-fiction