On the shelf
Start with a whole book.
Each plan is a complete work, broken into parts you can actually finish. More are added over time.
Harvard Classics
366 parts
Meditations
12 parts
Self-Reliance
7 parts
Uncle Tom's Cabin
45 parts
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From Part 1 · Meditations
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius · 121–180
How it works
Most reading apps hand you a library and a quiet sense of guilt. classics.email hands you one part, then waits for you.
Engage and the next part is waiting. Go quiet and it backs off, two days, then five, then ten, and eventually pauses itself rather than piling up. The work resumes the moment you do, at the exact line you left.
Clean typography in light, sepia, or dark, the type sized to your eyes. Progress and time left stay in view, and you return to the same paragraph you stopped on.
Mark the lines that land and write in the margin. Everything you keep collects in one notebook across every plan you read. Your notes are yours, never shared.
A count of what you've read lately, not a chain you can break. A busy week dents it. It never zeroes out, and nothing here guilts you back.
On the shelf
Each plan is a complete work, broken into parts you can actually finish. More are added over time.
Harvard Classics
366 parts
Meditations
12 parts
Self-Reliance
7 parts
Uncle Tom's Cabin
45 parts
Together
Your home shows what you've read lately, what's ready next, and a quiet feed of friends' milestones. See when someone finishes a part and send a bit of kudos. No feeds to perform for, no followers to chase.
The companion
Ask about a word, the history behind a line, or what an idea meant in its day, grounded in the part you're on and careful never to spoil what's ahead. Available as an add-on.
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