Reading enables great minds from the past to touch ours today. Even though it is usually done in quiet and privacy, it is a profoundly social activity, bringing whole new worlds and characters into the mind and allowing individuals long since gone or from far away to inspire and influence us.

Literature and poetry has the potential to change an individual and through that individual, the world, but the responsibility for activating that potential lies squarely on the shoulders of the reader. In this section are some of the greatest works of literature ever created by mankind. You will find hundreds of years worth of mankind's best humor, wisdom, knowledge, creativity, and drama in these books. They are just a few clicks away, and they are waiting for you.