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The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

IN the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip.

1904 724 ed.
Imitation of Christ
Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis, Jérôme de Gonnelieu

He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, (1) saith the Lord.

1568 394 ed.
Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, ONE WHO WAS NEVER AT A loss.

1488 1063 ed.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-loo...

1911 1594 ed.
Le rouge et le noir
Le rouge et le noir

by Stendhal

Verrieres is no doubt one of the prettiest small towns in Franche-Comte.

1830 404 ed.
Kidnapped
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 ...

1886 352 ed.
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

YOU WILL REJOICE to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with...

1818 2185 ed.
Meditations
Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceived of doing it.

1626 642 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.
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.
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Den, and I laid me down in t...

1678 683 ed.
The Road to Oz
The Road to Oz

by L. Frank Baum

"Please, miss," said the shaggy man, "can you tell me the road to Butterfield?"

1909 533 ed.
The Art of War
The Art of War

by 孙武, Stephen F. Kaufman

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

1900 1542 ed.
As a man thinketh
As a man thinketh

by James Allen

The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so compreh...

1902 657 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.
Ozma of Oz
Ozma of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

The wind blew hard and joggled the water of the ocean, sending ripples across its surface.

1907 701 ed.