A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

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

The A.B.C. Murders

by Agatha Christie

It was in June of 1935 that I came home from my ranch in South America for a stay of about six months.

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when ...

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

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

Othello

by William Shakespeare

ROD:Tush, never tell me!

Passenger to Frankfurt

by Agatha Christie

speaking the truth. I want help.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.

The Seven Dials Mystery

by Agatha Christie

That amiable youth, Jimmy Thesiger, came racing down the big staircase at Chimneys two steps at a time.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

War and Peace

by Лев Толстой

"Eh bien, mon prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now no more than family estates of the Bonapartes.

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 ...

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

IN THE CORNER of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar ...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan

I RETURNED from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life.

Storm Island

by Ken Follett

IT WAS THE COLDEST WINTER FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.

Witch Wood

by John Buchan

Lorna Doone

by R. D. Blackmore

If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yeom...