7 Days of Classic Literature - Free Email Course - The Seven Day Anthology Series
You've always meant to read the classics. This is how you finally do it
A free 7-day email course. One great story per day. Authors you've heard of but never quite got around to reading.
I started War and Peace twelve times.
Twelve. I'm not exaggerating. I'd get a hundred pages in, life would get busy, and I'd lose the thread. Then I'd start again the following January with renewed conviction. Same result.
I thought the problem was me. That I just wasn't the kind of person who read classics.
Then I came across a short story by Tolstoy — How Much Land Does a Man Need? — in a little Penguin paperback. I read it in twenty minutes. It was one of the finest things I had ever read. And I realised: the problem was never me. I'd just been starting at the wrong end.
Short stories are how great authors distil everything they know into a single sitting. They are the door in. The Seven Day Anthology Series exists because I wanted to build that door for other people.
What you get
When you sign up, you'll receive one email a day for seven days. Each email contains:
— A complete classic short story (15–30 minutes to read) — A brief introduction to the author and why this story matters — A few questions to help you think about what you've read
No prior knowledge needed. No commitment beyond seven days. Just seven great stories from seven authors you'll be glad you finally met.
The Story Lineup
Day 1 - Anton Chekov - The master of the short form. Start here and you'll understand immediately why his name keeps coming up.
Day 2 - Jack London - Survival, wilderness, and human nature under pressure. His stories are impossible to put down.
Day 3 - Virginia Woolf - Not as difficult as you've been told. Her short fiction is the perfect introduction to her extraordinary mind.
Day 4 - Mark Twain - Sharp, funny, and more serious than he first appears. A welcome midweek change of pace.
Day 5 - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Dark, atmospheric American Gothic. You will not forget this one.
Day 6 - Classic Stories by Women - A curated selection from the Power Anthology - Writers whose work has outlasted every reason it was overlooked.
Day 7 - Willa Cather - A writer who understood place and endurance better than anyone. A quietly stunning way to finish the week.
Start reading today. It's free.
After the seven days, you'll receive occasional emails when new volumes in the series are released. You can unsubscribe at any time and it takes one click.