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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

1847 1170 ed.
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett

IN A BROAD VALLEY, at the foot of a sloping hillside, beside a clear bubbling stream, Tom was building a house.

1989 110 ed.
Dune
Dune

by Frank Herbert

In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy...

1965 120 ed.
Cranford
Cranford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

IN the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women.

1853 473 ed.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

ON MAY 7, 1931, THE MOST SENSATIONAL MANHUNT NEW YORK CITY had ever known had come to its climax.

1936 178 ed.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

When I reached 'C' Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming i...

1945 88 ed.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, with swords and bucklers.

1597 985 ed.
Идиот
Идиот

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

AT around nine in the morning towards the end of a thawing November, the Warsaw train was approaching Petersburg at full...

1874 436 ed.
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

Will tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Come on, come on..."

1997 106 ed.
Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur
Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur

by Maurice Leblanc

L’étrange voyage ! Il avait si bien commencé cependant ! Pour ma part, je n’en fis jamais qui s’annonçât sous de plus he...

1907 214 ed.
Northern Lights
Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

1995 148 ed.
The Two Towers
The Two Towers

by J.R.R. Tolkien

ARAGORN sped on up the hill.

1954 278 ed.
Little Women
Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

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

1848 1888 ed.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Ce Vieux monsieur et cette vieille dame sont les parents de Mr. Bucket.

1964 221 ed.
The Return of the King
The Return of the King

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak.

1950 273 ed.
King Lear
King Lear

by William Shakespeare

1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...

1608 1614 ed.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

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

1862 526 ed.
Discours de la méthode
Discours de la méthode

by René Descartes

Good sense is the best distributed thing in the world, for everyone thinks himself to be so well endowed with it that ev...

1644 163 ed.
Hamlet
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]

1603 2377 ed.