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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain

'CAMELOT - Camelot,' said I to myself. I don't seem to remember hearing of it before.

1889 788 ed.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

Das Städtchen Holcomb liegt auf der Weizenhochebene von West Kansas, eine weite einsame Gegend, die selbst für die ander...

1965 117 ed.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, privet drive.

1998 305 ed.
Little Women
Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

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

1848 1888 ed.
Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me Tangere

by José Rizal

Don Santiago de los Santos was giving a dinner party one evening towards the end of October in the 1880s.

1902 131 ed.
Babbitt
Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs ...

1922 451 ed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

ALICE was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice s...

1865 3546 ed.
Amerika
Amerika

by Franz Kafka

As Karl Rossmann, a poor boy of sixteen who had been packed off to America by his parents because a servant girl had sed...

1927 94 ed.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.

1964 221 ed.
The A.B.C. Murders
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.

1936 142 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.
Candide
Candide

by Voltaire

Chapitre I. Comment candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d'icelui. Il y avait en Vestp...

1746 1079 ed.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

MY FATHER had a small estate in Nottinghamshire.

1726 1810 ed.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

OF all the commentators on Shakespeare, perhaps the oddest is Ulrich Braker, a Swiss weaver, who in 1780 finished writin...

1600 1505 ed.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

I'm coming, I said! Sausages and sweet bread!

1908 1346 ed.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

by Lewis Carroll

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice s...

1889 544 ed.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens, Groth

MARLEY WAS DEAD, to begin with.

1843 3198 ed.
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Num lugar da Mancha, de cujo nome não quero lembrar-me, não há muito tempo que vivia um fidalgo dos de lança em cabide, ...

1600 1594 ed.
Le avventure di Pinocchio
Le avventure di Pinocchio

by Carlo Collodi

How it happened that Mr Cherry, the carpenter, found a piece of wood that laughed and cried like a child

1883 431 ed.