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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens

AMONG OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN A CERTAIN TOWN, WHICH for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, an...

1822 2209 ed.
The Daughter of Time
The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

Grant lay on his high white cot and stared at the ceiling.

1951 129 ed.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

1949 534 ed.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

"I AM afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning.

1893 530 ed.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, at page one hundred and twenty-nine, you will find it thus written: ;Now I saw, th...

1800 977 ed.
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case

by E. C. Bentley

Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?

1900 356 ed.
A Mind to Murder
A Mind to Murder

by P. D. James

Dr. Paul Steiner, consulting psychiatrist at the Steen Clinic, sat in the front ground floor consulting-room and listene...

1963 49 ed.
The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant #1)
The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant #1)

by Josephine Tey

IT WAS BETWEEN seven and eight o'clock on a March evening, and all over London the bars were being drawn back from pit a...

1927 75 ed.
American Film
American Film

by American Film Institute

1975 83 ed.
A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2)
A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2)

by Josephine Tey

It was a little after seven on a summer morning, and William Potticary was taking his accustomed way over the short down...

1936 84 ed.
The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant #6)
The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant #6)

by Josephine Tey

IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK of a March morning, and still dark.

1952 64 ed.
To Love And Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4)
To Love And Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4)

by Josephine Tey

Grant paused with his foot on the lowest step, and listened to the shrieking from the floor above.

1950 66 ed.
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)
Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)

by Ngaio Marsh

ON MAY 25TH Arthur Surbonadier, whose real name was Arthur Simes, went to visit his uncle, Jacob Saint, whose real name ...

1935 36 ed.
Death in a White Tie
Death in a White Tie

by Ngaio Marsh

"Roderick," said Lady Alleyn, looking at her son over the top of her spectacles, "I am coming out."

1938 40 ed.
Sharpe's Rifles
Sharpe's Rifles

by Bernard Cornwell, Frederick Davidson

More than a hundred men were abandoned in the village.

1988 21 ed.