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As a man thinketh
by James Allen
The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so compreh...
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Enter Orsino Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords.
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
In the heart of the West End, there are many quiet pockets, unknown to almost all but taxi drivers who traverse them wit...
A Vindication of Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft
IN the present state of society it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths,...
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
1. When reading verse, note the appropriate phrasing and intonation.
A Caribbean Mystery
by Agatha Christie
"Take all this business about Kenya," said Major Palgrave.
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oidípous Týrannos)
by Sophocles
OEDIPE. - Enfants, jeune lignee de notre vieux Cadmos, que faites-vous la ainsi a genoux, pieusement pares de rameaux su...
Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle
THE question of the genuineness and of the literary character of each of the several works which have come down to us un...
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Among other public buildings in a certain town which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and...
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Orlando. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou sa...
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete...
by Edward Gibbon
Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer may ascribe to himself; if any merit indeed can be...
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
1.1 On board a ship carrying King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, a boatswain directs the crew to fight a great stor...
Essays
by Francis Bacon
1579 February. His father dies, and (in June) he returns to England.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unrega...
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...