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Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

by William Shakespeare

THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...

1730 213 ed.
Sister Carrie
Sister Carrie

by Theodore Dreiser

When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imita...

1900 463 ed.
Mary, Mary
Mary, Mary

by James Patterson

ACT ONE, SCENE ONE, the Storyteller thought to himself, and couldn't hold back a dizzying rush of anticipation.

1857 34 ed.
Work
Work

by Louisa May Alcott

"AUNT BETSEY, there's going to be a new Declaration of Independence."

1873 92 ed.
River's End
River's End

by Nora Roberts

Olivia was four when the monster came.

1999 35 ed.
Чайка
Чайка

by Антон Павлович Чехов

The scene is laid in the park on SORIN'S estate.

1915 208 ed.
King of Shadows
King of Shadows

by Susan Cooper

Tag. The little kids' game, plain ordinary old tag, that's what he had us playing.

1999 27 ed.
A Stranger in the Mirror
A Stranger in the Mirror

by Sidney Sheldon

In 1919, Detroit, Michigan, was the single most successful industrial city in the world.

1976 17 ed.
Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time

by Richard Matheson

Driving down Long Valley Road.

1975 18 ed.
The little drummer girl
The little drummer girl

by John le Carré

It was the Bad Godesberg incident that gave the proof, though the German authorities had no earthly means of knowing thi...

1983 26 ed.
Family Album
Family Album

by Danielle Steel

The heat of the jungle was so oppressive that just standing in one place was almost like swimming through thick, dense a...

1985 60 ed.
Get Shorty
Get Shorty

by Elmore Leonard

When Chili first came to Miami Beach twelve years ago they were having one of their off-and-on cold winters: thirty-four...

1990 31 ed.
Angel Falls
Angel Falls

by Kristin Hannah

In northwest Washington state, jagged granite mountains reach for the misty sky, their peaks inaccessible even in this a...

2000 21 ed.