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The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

THE suburb of Saffron Park lay on the sunset side of London, as red and ragged as a cloud of sunset.

1908 1105 ed.
Pippi Långstrump
Pippi Långstrump

by Astrid Lindgren

Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the hou...

1945 116 ed.
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent

by Joseph Conrad

The bell, hung on the door by means of a curved ribbon of steel, was difficult to circumvent.

1907 335 ed.
Мы
Мы

by Евгений Иванович Замятин

I shall simply copy, word for word, the proclamation that appeared today in the One State Gazette: The building of the I...

1924 210 ed.
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.
Poirot investigates
Poirot investigates

by Agatha Christie

I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.

1924 216 ed.
Murder on the Links
Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

I believe that a well-known anecdote exists to the effect that a young writer, determined to make the commencement of hi...

1923 272 ed.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided.

1920 1091 ed.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

IN THE YEAR 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go throu...

1900 118 ed.
Study Guide
Study Guide

by SuperSummary

2019 308 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.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

by Agatha Christie

MR. Morley was not in the best of tempers at breakfast.

1940 104 ed.
Sleeping Murder
Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie

Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quay-side.

1940 117 ed.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie

STEPHEN pulled up the collar of his coat as he walked briskly along the platform.

1939 110 ed.
The Moving Finger
The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie

and nurses, that I was going to be condemned to lie on my back all my life.

1942 115 ed.
Cards on the Table
Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie

"MY dear Monsieur Poirot!" It was a soft purring voice used deliberately as an instrument-nothing impulsive or unpremedi...

1936 107 ed.
The Body in the Library
The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie

Mrs. Bantry was dreaming.

1942 127 ed.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie

Miss Jane Marple was sitting by her window.

1960 126 ed.
Whose Body?
Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Oh, damn!" said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus.

1923 319 ed.