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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

by John le Carré

The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?

1602 144 ed.
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.
The King in Yellow
The King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers

TOWARD the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted dur...

1895 479 ed.
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison

AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberat...

1788 349 ed.
The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665
The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665

by Daniel Defoe

IT was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the rest of my neighbours, heard, in ordinary discourse, th...

1722 318 ed.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

HEAVE the anchor short!

1855 755 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.
Lives
Lives

by Plutarch

IT is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidenc...

1564 323 ed.
Der Proceß
Der Proceß

by Franz Kafka

SOMEONE must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine mor...

1825 783 ed.
El Señor Presidente
El Señor Presidente

by Miguel Ángel Asturias

"BOOM, bloom, alum-bright, Lucifer of alunite!" The sound of the church bells summoning people to prayer lingered on, li...

1948 102 ed.
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

by Jeffrey Archer

MAKING A MILLION legally has always been difficult.

1974 70 ed.
Doce cuentos peregrinos
Doce cuentos peregrinos

by Gabriel García Márquez

HE SAT ON a wooden bench under the yellow leaves in the deserted park, contemplating the dusty swans with both his hands...

1992 63 ed.
The fire next time
The fire next time

by James Baldwin

I HAVE BEGUN this letter five times and torn it up five times.

1962 53 ed.
Shall we tell the President?
Shall we tell the President?

by Jeffrey Archer

Her hand still resting on the Douay Bible, the forty-third President smiled at the First Gentleman.

1977 50 ed.
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

Two men talking in the middle of the night.

1988 58 ed.