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La sombra del viento
La sombra del viento

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.

2001 99 ed.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with i...

1954 191 ed.
A Child's Garden of Verses
A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

When I was down beside the sea, a wooden spade they gave to me to dig the sandy shore.

1885 115 ed.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the...

1800 2059 ed.
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel

by Jack London

The soft summer wind stirs the redwoods, and Wild-Water ripples sweet cadences over its mossy stones.

1907 597 ed.
πολιτεία
πολιτεία

by Πλάτων

The first chapter consists of a typical early Platonic dialogue: it was possibly originally written separately from the ...

1554 794 ed.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring

by J.R.R. Tolkien

CE livre traite dans une large mesure des Hobbits, et Ie lecteur découvrira dans ses pages une bonne part de leur caract...

1954 297 ed.
The Return of the King
The Return of the King

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak.

1950 273 ed.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.

1899 552 ed.
A Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wiz...

1968 86 ed.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne.

1862 526 ed.
Voyage au Centre de la Terre
Voyage au Centre de la Terre

by Jules Verne

Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my ...

1867 205 ed.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a part...

1954 251 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.
It
It

by Stephen King

The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, w...

1986 95 ed.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

In the shade of the house, in the sunshine on the river bank by the boats, in the shade of the sallow wood and the fig t...

1922 206 ed.
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley

In the introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley presents herself as "the daughter of two persons o...

1818 2185 ed.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon

by Margaret Wise Brown

In the great green room

1947 143 ed.
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

“We should start back,” Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them.

1996 135 ed.