“[Classics](http://www.classicsapp.com/)” is a great product, it shows us iPhone developers what an *elegant* ebook reader can be, so I bought it almost instantly after it’s released. I’ve been chatting with my friends about this app for a while, now I’d like to give a more closer examination to it from the perspective of a typographer and a programmer. Especially its weaknesses.
Illustrated by my favorite graphic designer, [David Lanham](http://dlanham.com), Classics tries its best to provide a traditional book reading experience (that’s why it’s called “Classics”). It contains the following books, even I’ve read most of them in Chinese long time ago, thanks to Classics, it’s still a fascinating experience to read them again in English:
* *[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea)* by [Jules Verne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne)
* *[A Christmas Carol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol)* by [Charles Dickens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens) [Added in version 1.1]
* *[Alice in Wonderland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland)* by [Lewis Carroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll)
* *[Flatland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland)* by [Edwin Abbott Abbott](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott)
* *[Gulliver’s Travels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels)* by [Jonathan Swift](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift)
* *[The Hound of the Baskervilles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_of_the_Baskervilles)* by Sir [Arthur Conan Doyle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle)
* *[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn)* by [Mark Twain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain)
* *[Paradise Lost](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost)* by [John Milton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton)
* *[Robinson Crusoe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe)* by [Daniel Defoe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe)
* *[The Call of the Wild](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_Of_The_Wild)* by [Jack London](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London)
* *[The Jungle Book](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book)* by [Rudyard Kipling](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling)
* *[The Metamorphosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis)* by [Franz Kafka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka)
* *[The Time Machine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine)* by [H. G. Wells](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells)
However, there are still some details to be improved.
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