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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

OROTHY lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the far...

1899 2049 ed.
Pippi Långstrump
Pippi Långstrump

by Astrid Lindgren

Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house.

1945 116 ed.
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours

by Jules Verne

MR. PHILEAS FOGG LIVED, IN 1872, AT NO. 7, SAVILLE Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814.

1872 426 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.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

This book was born as I was hungry.

2000 114 ed.
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective

by Mark Twain

Well, it was the next spring after me and Tom Sawyer set our old nigger Jim free, the time he was chained up for a runaw...

1897 276 ed.
A Study in Scarlet
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...

1887 1447 ed.
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.

1889 788 ed.
Northern Lights
Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

1995 148 ed.
The Witches
The Witches

by Roald Dahl

I myself had two separate encounters with witches before I was eight years old.

1983 107 ed.
The BFG
The BFG

by Roald Dahl

It wasn't a human.

1980 136 ed.
Five Children and It
Five Children and It

by Edith Nesbit

The house was three miles from the station, but before the dusty hired fly had rattled along for five minutes the childr...

1905 950 ed.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with i...

1954 191 ed.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unrega...

1979 122 ed.
The Lost Symbol
The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Meus sinceros agradecimentos a três amigos queridos com quem tenho a grande honra de trabalhar: meu editor, Jason Kaufma...

2009 121 ed.
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The suburb of Saffron Park lay on the sunset side of London, as red and ragged as a cloud of sunset.

1908 1105 ed.
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

O maior estabelecimento de pesquisa científica do mundo – Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) –, na Suíç...

2000 170 ed.
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.

2008 142 ed.