Man and Superman

by George Bernard Shaw

Roebuck Ramsden is in his study, opening the morning' letters.

Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw

London at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain.

Kidnapped

by Robert Louis Stevenson

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when ...

Confessions

by Augustine of Hippo

"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;"5 "Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite."...

Συμπόσιον

by Πλάτων

Apollodorus. In my opinion, I am not unprepared for what you ask about; for just the other day-when I was on my way up t...

Le rouge et le noir

by Stendhal

Verrieres is no doubt one of the prettiest small towns in Franche-Comte.

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

NOW, what I want is, Facts.

Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

FLAVIUS Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home.

Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

AN ANGRY MAN-THERE IS MY STORY: THE BITTER RANcour of Achilles, prince of the house of Peleus, which brought a thousand ...

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice s...

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

by C. S. Lewis

THERE WAS A BOY CALLED EUSTACE CLARENCE Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.

Orthodoxy

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

THE only possible excuse for this book is that it is an answer to a challenge.

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan

AS I WALKED through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a den, and laid me down in that...

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.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

In een hol onder de grond woonde een hobbit.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

À bien des égards, Harry Potter était un garçon des plus singuliers. Tout d’abord, il détestait les vacances d’été, c’ét...