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Les Trois Mousquetaires
Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

Le pre­mier lun­di du mois d’avril 1625, le bourg de Meung, où na­quit l’au­teur du Ro­man de la Rose, sem­blait être da...

1844 1104 ed.
The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen

I am glad you came, Clarke; very glad indeed.

1894 431 ed.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as o...

1898 563 ed.
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

“We should start back,” Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them.

1996 135 ed.
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous

by Rudyard Kipling

THE WEATHER DOOR OF THE SMOKING-ROOM HAD BEEN LEFT open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, w...

1896 990 ed.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

by Avi

Just before dusk in the late afternoon of June 16, 1832, I found myself walking along the crowded docks of Liverpool, En...

1990 48 ed.
Contact
Contact

by Carl Sagan

By human standards it could not possibly have been artificial: It was the size of a world.

1985 50 ed.
Honeymoon
Honeymoon

by James Patterson, Howard Roughan

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS as they appear.

2001 50 ed.
Jumanji
Jumanji

by Chris Van Allsburg

"Now remember," Mother said, "your father and I are bringing some guests by after the opera, so please keep the house ne...

1981 20 ed.
London Bridges
London Bridges

by James Patterson

COLONEL GEOFFREY SHAFER loved his new life in Salvador, Brazil's third-largest city and some would say its most intrigui...

2004 36 ed.
Shōgun
Shōgun

by James Clavell

Blackthorne was suddenly awake.

1975 23 ed.
A Man Lay Dead
A Man Lay Dead

by Ngaio Marsh

Nigel Bathgate, in the language of his own gossip column, was "definitely intrigued" about his week-end at Frantock.

1934 35 ed.
L'Heptaméron
L'Heptaméron

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

1740 129 ed.
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun

by Ian Fleming

The Secret Service holds much that is kept secret even from very senior officers in the organization. Only M. and his Ch...

1822 82 ed.
Vies des dames galantes
Vies des dames galantes

by Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme

1722 96 ed.