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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.
Candide
Candide

by Voltaire

Chapitre I. Comment candide fut élevé dans un beau château, et comment il fut chassé d'icelui. Il y avait en Vestp...

1746 1079 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.
1066 and All That
1066 and All That

by Walter Carruthers Sellar, Robert Julian Yeatman

1930 87 ed.
Castle Rackrent
Castle Rackrent

by Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth

HAVING out of friendship for the family, upon whose estate, praised be Heaven!

1800 170 ed.
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Bouvard et Pécuchet

by Gustave Flaubert

MARCEL reappeared next day at three o'clock, his face green, his eyes bloodshot, a lump on his forehead, his breeches to...

1896 92 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.
American Film
American Film

by American Film Institute

1975 83 ed.