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Utopia
Utopia

by Thomas More

UPON a time when tidings came to the City of Corinth that King Philip, father to Alexander surnamed the Great, was comin...

1518 198 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.
The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry
The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry

by Walter Pater

THE history of the Renaissance ends in France, and carries us away from Italy to the beautiful cities of the country of ...

1873 156 ed.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost

by John Milton

This first book proposes, first in brief, the whole subject: man's disobedience and the loss thereupon of Paradise where...

1667 396 ed.
The Prince
The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

Žmonės, geižiantys įgyti valdovo palankumą, paprastai stengiasi jam įsiteikti tuo, ką turi brangiausia, arba tuo, ką, jų...

1515 1407 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

1611 804 ed.
Crooked House
Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.

1949 113 ed.
Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie

Iris Marle was thinking about her sister, Rosemary.

1945 111 ed.
Ender's Game
Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

1985 104 ed.
Dune
Dune

by Frank Herbert

A Beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

1965 120 ed.
Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in Mesopotamia

by Agatha Christie

IN the hall of the Tigris Palace Hotel in Baghdad a hospital nurse was finishing a letter.

1936 108 ed.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur

by Thomas Malory

King Uther Pendragon, ruler of all Britain, had been at war for many years with the Duke of Tintagil in Cornwall when he...

1557 372 ed.
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Peril at End House
Peril at End House

by Agatha Christie

NO seaside town in the south of England is, I think, as attractive as St. Loo.

1932 111 ed.
Cards on the Table
Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie

"MY dear Monsieur Poirot!" It was a soft purring voice used deliberately as an instrument-nothing impulsive or unpremedi...

1936 107 ed.
They Do It with Mirrors
They Do It with Mirrors

by Agatha Christie

Mrs. Van Rydock moved a little back from the mirror and sighed.

1952 114 ed.
King Lear
King Lear

by William Shakespeare

KENT I thought the King had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.

1608 1614 ed.