Old Fashioned Education

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from early British history during the reign of King Arthur. Written for a general audience...

A Romance A historical fiction novel based in England during the Middle Ages. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, it has been credited wi...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Iliad by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing sty...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Odyssey by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing s...

The Adventures of David Balfour A historical fiction novel set in the 18th century around Scottish events. The story is narrated by David Balfour, ...

Arabian Nights Andrew Lang’s retelling of the famous stories of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic) also known as Arabian Nights (English). The wo...

Or The Mutiny of The Hispaniola A coming-of-age adventure novel narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. The book had an enormous influence ...

It was the best of times... Dicken’s best-known work of historical fiction and regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time. The novel tel...

Rob Roy MacGregor A historical fiction novel and one of the Waverly novels. The story is narrated by Englishman Frank Osbadistone who due to a disa...

Kimball O’Hara The story of Kimball O’Hara, or ‘Kim’ for short, an orphaned son of an Irish solider and poor Irish mother who have both died in pov...

Mythos Bulfinch originally published his work as three volumes: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, published in 1855; The Age of Chiv...

A Romance A classic work of historical fiction set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649. The novel tells the story of Hester P...