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Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)

by Jerome Klapka Jérôme

THERE were four of us - George, and William Samuel Harris, and myself, and Montmorency.

1889 1134 ed.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane

THE cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.

1855 639 ed.
Genji monogatari
Genji monogatari

by Murasaki Shikibu

IN the reign of a certain Emperor, whose name is unknown to us, there was, among the Niogo and Koyi of the Imperial Cour...

1900 121 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.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about...

1880 1988 ed.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

CALL me Ishmael.

1851 1119 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.
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 matt...

1876 2622 ed.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

SIDDHARTHA, the handsome son of the Brahmin, the young falcon, grew up together with his friend Govinda, the Brahmin's s...

1922 206 ed.
The Big Four
The Big Four

by Agatha Christie

I have met people who enjoy a channel crossing; men who can sit calmly in their deck-chairs and, on arrival, wait until ...

1927 121 ed.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens, Margeret Tarner

IN these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputabl...

1800 318 ed.
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery)
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery)

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a sw...

1583 851 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.
It
It

by Stephen King

Z tego, co wiem, koszmar, który nie miał się zakończyć przez całe dwadzieścia osiem lat (jeżeli w ogóle się skończył), z...

1986 95 ed.
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous

by Rudyard Kipling

THE weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, w...

1896 990 ed.
The complete poetical works
The complete poetical works

by Robert Burns

On the 25th of January, 1759—in a clay cottage near the bridge of Doon, Ayrshire—was born Robert Burns, the great Poet o...

1786 293 ed.
The Confidence Man
The Confidence Man

by Herman Melville

AT sunrise on a first of April,* there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca,* a man in creamcolours, a...

1857 100 ed.
Rewards and fairies
Rewards and fairies

by Rudyard Kipling

Once upon a time, Dan and Una, brother and sister, living in the English country, had the good fortune to meet with Puck...

1910 176 ed.
The House on the Borderland
The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

Right away in the west of Ireland lies a tiny hamlet called Kraighten.

1946 43 ed.