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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

1600 818 ed.
The Prince
The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

ALL THE STATES and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedom...

1515 1407 ed.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
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...

1776 222 ed.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

Ihren 17. Geburtstag hatte sich Vicky Gordon anders vorgestellt.

1877 107 ed.
Hänsel und Gretel
Hänsel und Gretel

by Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm]

In a house by the sea on the edge of a large forest lived a poor fisherman with his wife and two children.

1900 84 ed.
Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom S...

by Mark Twain

"Tom!" No answer. "Tom!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You, TOM!"

1922 68 ed.
Actes and monuments
Actes and monuments

by John Foxe

In Matthew 16:18, it is recorded that Jesus told His disciples, "I will build My church, and the gates of hell [Hades] s...

1563 89 ed.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago.

2003 25 ed.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

by Emma Orczy

IT was not, Heaven help us all! a very uncommon occurrence these days: a woman almost unsexed by misery, starvation, and...

1919 210 ed.
Otto of the Silver Hand
Otto of the Silver Hand

by Howard Pyle, Howard Pyle

Up from the gray rocks, rising sheer and bold and bare, stood the walls and towers of Castle Drachenhausen.

1888 226 ed.
L'Heptaméron
L'Heptaméron

by Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

1740 129 ed.
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who!

by Dr. Seuss

On the fifteenth of May, in the Jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing ... en...

1954 17 ed.
Lapvona
Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh

The bandits came again on Easter.

2022 14 ed.