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The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

IN A BROAD VALLEY, at the foot of a sloping hillside, beside a clear bubbling stream, Tom was building a house.

1989 110 ed.
On Liberty
On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill said in his Autobiography that his father, James Mill, was "the last of the eighteenth century."

1859 465 ed.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen

There was once a shilling.

1846 298 ed.
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich

by Napoleon Hill

TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence...

1937 309 ed.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

1847 1170 ed.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Near everyone agreed Mary Lennox was a most disagreeable child.

1911 1594 ed.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Doctor Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars ab...

1880 1988 ed.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.

1597 985 ed.
Little Women
Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

"CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

1848 1888 ed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation ...

1892 1132 ed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, der sehr spät am Morgen aufzustehen pflegte (außer bei den gar nicht seltenen Gelegenheiten, da er ...

1900 1308 ed.
The Night Before Christmas
The Night Before Christmas

by Clement Clarke Moore

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

1857 389 ed.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie

ALL children, except one, grow up.

1911 441 ed.
À rebours
À rebours

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

THE Floressas Des Esseintes, to judge by the various portraits preserved in the Chateau de Lourps, had originally been a...

1884 336 ed.
Sonnets
Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

From fairest creatures we desire increase.

1609 646 ed.
Hamlet
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]

1603 2377 ed.
The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby

by Charles Kingsley

Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his name was Tom.

1863 213 ed.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

MY FATHER'S FAMILY NAME being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing lo...

1861 1489 ed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

by Lewis Carroll

The book in your hands is the most accessible of all literary masterpieces, and one of the strangest.

1889 544 ed.
Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

1488 1063 ed.