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The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James, Dr. William James

It is with no small amount of trepidation that I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned audience.

1817 266 ed.
Voyage au Centre de la Terre
Voyage au Centre de la Terre

by Jules Verne

On 24 May 1863, which was a Sunday, my uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, came rushing back towards his little house, No. 19 K...

1867 205 ed.
Sein und Zeit
Sein und Zeit

by Martin Heidegger

If it serves its purpose, this entire book will be an introduction to the question of Being in the thought of Martin Hei...

1927 114 ed.
Игрокъ
Игрокъ

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

At last I was back after my two weeks' absence.

1866 412 ed.
Poirot investigates
Poirot investigates

by Agatha Christie

I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.

1924 216 ed.
Murder on the Links
Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

I believe that a well-known anecdote exists to the effect that a young writer, determined to make the commencement of hi...

1923 272 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

1611 804 ed.
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice

by John Ruskin

I. SINCE the first dominion of men was asserted over the ocean, three thrones, of mark beyond all others, have been set ...

1851 99 ed.
Les fleurs du mal
Les fleurs du mal

by Charles Baudelaire

Losque, par un decret des puissances supremes,

1855 363 ed.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided.

1920 1091 ed.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

1880 1988 ed.
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Les Trois Mousquetaires

by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet

On the first Monday of the month of April, 1625, the market town of Meung, in which the author of Romance of the Rose wa...

1844 1104 ed.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

YOU DON'T know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no m...

1876 2622 ed.
Lives
Lives

by Plutarch

As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes...

1564 323 ed.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham

Whan that April with his showres soote

1478 722 ed.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

IT WAS THE BEST of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the...

1800 2059 ed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garde...

1890 3012 ed.
La Chute
La Chute

by Albert Camus

MAY 1, monsieur, offer my services without running the risk of intruding?

1917 145 ed.