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The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone

by Stephen King

The two things Sarah remembered about that night later were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune and the mask.

1979 88 ed.
Pollyanna
Pollyanna

by Eleanor Hodgman Porter, Porter

With a frown Miss Polly folded the letter and tucked it into its envelope.

1912 552 ed.
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Avonlea

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

A tall, slim girl, 'half past sixteen', with serious grey eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on...

1909 813 ed.
Why Didn't they Ask Evans?
Why Didn't they Ask Evans?

by Agatha Christie

Bobby Jones' teed up his ball, gave a short preliminary waggle, took the club back slowly, then brought it down and thro...

1934 92 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.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

by Jules Verne

THE YEAR 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one ...

1870 383 ed.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

I HAD the story, bit by bit, from various people and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different s...

1910 1000 ed.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

This book was born as I was hungry.

2000 114 ed.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau

by H. G. Wells

on February the 1st, 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision with a derelict when about the latitude 1° S. and longitu...

1896 295 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.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Der blondhaarige Junge glitt das letzte Stück Felsen hinab und begann, sich zur Lagune durchzuarbeiten.

1954 191 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.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville

I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreig...

1686 2420 ed.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

Enter Orsino Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords.

1734 649 ed.
Plays (36)
Plays (36)

by William Shakespeare

Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...

1623 256 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

1611 804 ed.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf

by Jack London

I SCARCELY know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth's credit.

1900 283 ed.
Dumb Witness
Dumb Witness

by Agatha Christie

MISS Arundell died on May 1st.

1937 97 ed.