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As You Like It
As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

IN the eighteenth century Samuel Johnson declared, 'Of this play the fable is wild and pleasing'.

1734 467 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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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers, of the house of Capulet.

1597 985 ed.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.

1899 552 ed.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

We were studying when the headmaster came in, followed by a new boy, not yet wearing a school uniform, and a monitor car...

1856 1557 ed.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

ANY approach to understanding Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice inevitably includes a discussion of the vexed questio...

1600 818 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.
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while.

1920 495 ed.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad

He was an inch, perhaps two, under six feet, powerfully built, and he advanced straight at you with a slight stoop of th...

1900 344 ed.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

Pan ddeffrodd Mr a Mrs Dursley ar y bore Mawrth tamp, llwyd hwnnw lle mae ein stori ni'n dechrau, doedd dim byd yn yr aw...

1997 397 ed.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild

by Jack London

Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every ...

1903 1700 ed.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

MY FATHER'S family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing lo...

1861 1489 ed.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne.

1862 526 ed.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

Why, Bellman is as good as he, my lord.

1631 927 ed.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801.1 HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlordthe solitary neighbour that 1 shall be troubled with.

1846 2886 ed.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

Les deux hommes surgirent de nulle part, à quelques mètres l’un de l’autre, sur le chemin étroit éclairé par la lune. Pe...

2007 144 ed.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

1920 1176 ed.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

In the judgement of G. Wilson Knight, Anthony and Cleopatra was 'probably the subtlest and greatest play in Shakespeare'...

1734 949 ed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garde...

1890 3012 ed.