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Cranford
Cranford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

IN the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women.

1853 473 ed.
The Godfather
The Godfather

by Mario Puzo

Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly...

1969 109 ed.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind

1963 125 ed.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde

When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish ...

1887 138 ed.
Rights of Man
Rights of Man

by Thomas Paine

AMONG the incivilities by which nations or individuals provoke and irritate each other, Mr. Burke's pamphlet on the Fren...

1791 279 ed.
Игрокъ
Игрокъ

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

At length I returned from two weeks leave of absence to find that my patrons had arrived three days ago in Roulettenberg...

1866 412 ed.
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Along time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babi...

1935 130 ed.
Der Proceß
Der Proceß

by Franz Kafka

SOMEONE must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine mor...

1825 783 ed.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's

by Truman Capote

I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods.

1956 113 ed.
John Donne Poetry
John Donne Poetry

by John Donne, John Booty

Away thou fondling motley humourist,

1633 105 ed.
Danny, The Champion of the World
Danny, The Champion of the World

by Roald Dahl

WHEN I WAS four months old, my mother died suddenly and my father was left to look after me all by himself.

1975 96 ed.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

Hari yang dingin dan cerah di bulan April, dan jam-jam berdentang tiga belas kali.

1949 534 ed.
Fables
Fables

by Jean de La Fontaine

A Grasshopper gay

1678 345 ed.
Εὐθύφρων / Κρίτων / Φαίδων / Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
Εὐθύφρων / Κρίτων / Φαίδων / Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους

by Πλάτων

Euthyphro: What are you doing at the courthouse, Socrates?

1871 126 ed.
Discours de la méthode
Discours de la méthode

by René Descartes

Good sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks himself to be so well endowed with it that ev...

1644 163 ed.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

KING VORTIGERN the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messen...

1557 372 ed.
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