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Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

When I reached 'C' Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming i...

1945 88 ed.
Bill
Bill

by Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly.

2002 720 ed.
The Boxcar Children
The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

ONE WARM NIGHT four children stood in front of a bakery.

1924 87 ed.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho

by Ann Radcliffe

On the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the chateau of Monsieur St. A...

1794 210 ed.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders

by S. E. Hinton, Jim Fyfe

WHEN I STEPPED out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul...

1967 77 ed.
The Bad Beginning
The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.

1999 75 ed.
The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss, Marc Simonetti

It was night again.

2007 76 ed.
Madeleine
Madeleine

by Ludwig Bemelmans

En una vieja casa de Paris toda cubierta de viñas viven doce ninas en dos perfectas filas.

1920 74 ed.
Eight cousins
Eight cousins

by Louisa May Alcott

ROSE sat all alone in the big best parlor, with her little handkerchief laid ready to catch the first tear, for she was ...

1874 596 ed.
Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
Novels (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Tom S...

by Mark Twain

"Tom!" No answer. "Tom!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You, TOM!"

1922 68 ed.
The Yearling
The Yearling

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Her name was Lana, and she came to the ranch house like the doe-eyed orphan she was, cradled in the boss's arms minutes ...

1938 66 ed.
Roots
Roots

by Alex Haley

Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a m...

1861 63 ed.
The Reptile Room
The Reptile Room

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

The stretch of road that leads out of the city, past Hazy Harbor and into the town of Tedia, is perhaps the most unpleas...

1999 58 ed.
Benim Adım Kırmızı
Benim Adım Kırmızı

by Orhan Pamuk, Orhan Pamuk

Ein Toter bin ich nun, eine Leiche auf dem Grund eines Brunnens.

1998 55 ed.
Rose in Bloom
Rose in Bloom

by Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Roosevelt Richards

"Oh, he is Jamie, the youngest brother of Archibald, and the pet of the whole family.

1876 257 ed.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner

by George Eliot, John O'Connor

IN THE DAYS when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses-and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread l...

1800 628 ed.