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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 that...
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.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
"It seems I am too much of an American," said Franklin sadly to an English friend.
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...
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were-Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.
Poirot investigates
by Agatha Christie
I was standing at the window of Poirot's rooms looking out idly on the street below.
War and Peace
by Лев Толстой
"Eh bien, mon prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now no more than family estates of the Bonapartes.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
A carriage has just come to the door and Mamma has sent to tell me to come to her room at once.
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His Last Bow [8 stories]
by Arthur Conan Doyle
I find it recorded in my notebook that it was a bleak and windy day towards the end of March in the year 1892.
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
THE first ray of light which illumines the gloom, and converts into a dazzling brilliancy that obscurity in which the ea...
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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.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
"TOM!'" No answer. ''Tom!" No answer. ''What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!" No answer.
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
Rahang Samuel Spade panjang dan kurus, dagunya yang lancip bertengger di bawah mulutnya yang juga agak melancip di bawah