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The Commonplace Edition

A classic.
Made personal.

A book offers a voice from another time. Your notes begin a conversation with it. The Commonplace Edition is designed to make room for both.

Open Frankenstein edition with line-numbered text, note-taking margins, and a Commonplace discussion prompt
The Commonplace format in our printed Frankenstein edition.

Read · Reflect · Remember

More than a place
to turn the page.

01

The work at the center

Classic literature presented for attentive, unhurried reading.

02

Room in the margins

Space to collect striking phrases, ask questions, and follow your own ideas.

03

An invitation to reflect

Commonplace prompts encourage a personal response—not a predetermined answer.

The publishing roadmap

One collection, built title by title.

Explore our initial selection for grades 5–12. Edition pages record the proposed text, suggested placement, and current publication status.

1Printed
1Forthcoming
30Publishing roadmap
32 of 32 titles in the initial selectionRelease timing is announced title by title
01HeidiJohanna SpyriGrade 5Publishing roadmapExplore 02The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson BurnettGrade 5Publishing roadmapExplore 03The Jungle BookRudyard KiplingGrade 5Publishing roadmapExplore 04Black BeautyAnna SewellGrade 5Publishing roadmapExplore 05Treasure IslandRobert Louis StevensonGrade 6Publishing roadmapExplore 06Anne of Green GablesL. M. MontgomeryGrade 6ForthcomingExplore 07A Christmas CarolCharles DickensGrade 6Publishing roadmapExplore 08The Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan DoyleGrade 6Publishing roadmapExplore 09Robinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeGrade 7Publishing roadmapExplore 10Little WomenLouisa May AlcottGrade 7Publishing roadmapExplore 11The Prince and the PauperMark TwainGrade 7Publishing roadmapExplore 12The Red Badge of CourageStephen CraneGrade 7Publishing roadmapExplore 13The Merchant of VeniceWilliam ShakespeareGrade 8Publishing roadmapExplore 14The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn BunyanGrade 8Publishing roadmapExplore 15IvanhoeWalter ScottGrade 8Publishing roadmapExplore 16Gulliver's TravelsJonathan SwiftGrade 8Publishing roadmapExplore 17The IliadHomerGrade 9Publishing roadmapExplore 18The OdysseyHomerGrade 9Publishing roadmapExplore 19The AeneidVirgilGrade 9Publishing roadmapExplore 20Plutarch's Lives (selected Greek and Roman lives)PlutarchGrade 9Publishing roadmapExplore 21Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenGrade 10Publishing roadmapExplore 22A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensGrade 10Publishing roadmapExplore 23FrankensteinMary ShelleyGrade 10PrintedExplore 24Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyGrade 10Publishing roadmapExplore 25The Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneGrade 11Publishing roadmapExplore 26Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassGrade 11Publishing roadmapExplore 27Moby-DickHerman MelvilleGrade 11Publishing roadmapExplore 28The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldGrade 11Publishing roadmapExplore 29Paradise LostJohn MiltonGrade 12Publishing roadmapExplore 30The RepublicPlatoGrade 12Publishing roadmapExplore 31The Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyGrade 12Publishing roadmapExplore 32All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria RemarqueGrade 12Publishing roadmapExplore

One edition. Many ways to read.

At a classroom desk.
Beside a favorite chair.

For students, the margin can become a record of growing understanding. For independent readers, it can hold a lifetime of connections. Each edition page records the current text plan, intended placement, and publication status.