Classics Digests
What are Classics Digests?
Classics Digests is the new way to read your favourite classic books. Simply select the authors and texts you're interested in reading, and we'll email you a short extract every morning. You'll be able to read the classics at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home. Best of all, having the great works of world literature delivered to you by email will leave you with no excuse not to catch up on all the reading you've always wanted to do--read all of Dickens in a month, or all of Shakespeare in a year!
Features
When you sign up to Classics Digest, you'll be able to customise your subscription so that you receive what you want at the pace which is most comfortable for you. Some of the key features of Classics Digests:
read what you want: choose the authors and texts you want to read, from a selection of hundreds of authors and thousands of texts [view a list of available titles]
specify the frequency: how often you'd like to receive your digest emails
specify the length: tell us how many words you'd like your digest emails to be
calculate your reading time: using the length and frequency you've specified, the system will automatically calculate how long it will take you to read a particular text, allowing you to decide precisely how much you need to read every day to have a particular text finished in a certain timeframe
change your subscription at any time through our Users' Centre
each digest email includes interactivity features, including a link to the messageboard for the text, so that you can engage in discussions with other readers
the option to request to have the next instalment delivered to you immediately, enabling you to keep reading at your own pace
features to keep track of where you are in the text, allowing you to monitor your reading progress
Gift subscriptions
Literature and philosophy can be inspiring, provocative, educational, liberating, romantic--share all this with a friend, colleague, or partner by sending a gift subscription of the Classics Digest today. Choose the authors and texts which you think will interest your friend, supply their email address, and we take care of the rest.
