Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire

by Thomas Hardy

To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided.

Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins, Suzanne Collins

Good wives

by Louisa May Alcott

IN ORDER THAT we may start fresh and go to Meg's wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip ...

Lord Jim

by Joseph Conrad

HE WAS an inch, perhaps two, under six feet, powerfully built, and he advanced straight at you with a slight stoop of th...

American notes

by Charles Dickens, Diana C. Archibald

I SHALL never forget the one-fourth serious and three-fourths comical astonishment, with which, on the morning of the th...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

L'artiste est celui qui crée des choses de beauté.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

It was 7 minutes after midnight.

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

THE family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex.

Eclipse

by Stephenie Meyer

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

Il était près de minuit et le Premier Ministre, assis seul dans son bureau, lisait un long rapport dont les mots lui tra...

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...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it “the Riddle House,” even though it had been many years since the Ridd...

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers.

The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

Meus sinceros agradecimentos a três amigos queridos com quem tenho a grande honra de trabalhar: meu editor, Jason Kaufma...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

Il signore e la signora Dursley, di Privet Drive numero 4, erano orgogliosi di poter affermare che erano perfettamente n...

Le petit prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Als ich sechs Jahre alt war, sah ich einmal in einem Buch über den Urwald, das „Erlebte geschichten hieß“, ein prächtige...

Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

"CHRISTMAS won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

LATE in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting in a well-furnished room in a town in Kent...