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Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster

THE first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day - a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and ...

1912 299 ed.
Saving Faith
Saving Faith

by David Baldacci

THE SOMBER GROUP OF MEN SAT IN A LARGE ROOM that rested far belowground, accessed by only a single, high-speed elevator.

1999 64 ed.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts

by Saki

LEONARD BILSITER was one of those people who have failed to find this world attractive or interesting, and who have soug...

1914 141 ed.
God bless you, Mr. Rosewater
God bless you, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

A SUM OF MONEY is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading char...

1965 21 ed.
Absolute Friends
Absolute Friends

by John le Carré

On the day his destiny returned to claim him, Ted Mundy was sporting a bowler hat and balancing on a soapbox in one of M...

2003 37 ed.
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by Mark Dunn

1. Turned out that womb of his mother's wasn't barren at all.

2004 5 ed.