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Utopia
Utopia

by Thomas More

UPON a time when tidings came to the City of Corinth that King Philip, father to Alexander surnamed the Great, was comin...

1518 198 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.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

1813 133 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.
Life of Samuel Johnson
Life of Samuel Johnson

by James Boswell

To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others, and who, whether we consider his extra...

1776 238 ed.
Textplus - New Grub Street
Textplus - New Grub Street

by George Gissing, George Gissing

As the Milvains sat down to breakfast the clock of Wattleborough parish church struck eight; it was two miles away, but ...

1891 191 ed.
The London scene
The London scene

by Virginia Woolf

"WHITHER, O splendid ship" the poet asked as he lay on the shore and watched the great sailing ship pass away on the hor...

1975 10 ed.
Dr. Johnson's London
Dr. Johnson's London

by Liza Picard, Liza Picard

The population of England in 1750 has been estimated at 6,140,000.

2000 9 ed.