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Lust for Life
Lust for Life

by Irving Stone

VICE-ADMIRAL JOHANNES VAN GOGH, highest ranking officer in the Dutch Navy, stood on the stoep of his roomy, rent-free re...

1934 115 ed.
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice

by John Ruskin

I. SINCE the first dominion of men was asserted over the ocean, three thrones, of mark beyond all others, have been set ...

1851 99 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.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

My father's family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.

1861 1489 ed.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the...

1800 2059 ed.
King Henry V
King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.

1600 631 ed.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

MRS. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September-a Thursday.

1926 220 ed.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801.-I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.

1846 2886 ed.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a "new fellow," not wearing the school uniform, and a school ...

1856 1557 ed.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

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...

1900 118 ed.
Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district i...

1880 312 ed.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

Call me Ishmael.

1851 1119 ed.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrasse...

1875 373 ed.
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

In the introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley presents herself as "the daughter of two persons o...

1818 2185 ed.
Study Guide
Study Guide

by SuperSummary

2017 618 ed.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment ...

1776 123 ed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

"TOM!'" No answer. ''Tom!" No answer. ''What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!" No answer.

1817 879 ed.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne.

1862 526 ed.