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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

THE FAMILY of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex.

1811 2090 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.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

YOU DON'T know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but that ain't no m...

1876 2622 ed.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

MY FATHER had a small estate in Nottinghamshire.

1726 1810 ed.
The History of Tom Jones
The History of Tom Jones

by Henry Fielding

AN author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who...

1749 435 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.
American Film
American Film

by American Film Institute

1975 83 ed.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris

When my family first moved to North Carolina, we lived in a rented house three blocks from the school where I would begi...

2004 32 ed.
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

The mother sat on the simulated-leather chair in the doctor's office, picking nervously at her fingernails.

1993 19 ed.
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer Abroad

by Mark Twain

DO you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

1894 333 ed.
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq

by Washington Irving

I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners.

1819 351 ed.
A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again
A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again

by David Foster Wallace

When I left my boxed township of Illinois farmland to attend my dad's alma mater in the lurid jutting Berkshires of west...

1997 4 ed.