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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 Boxcar Children
The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

ONE WARM NIGHT four children stood in front of a bakery.

1924 87 ed.
Northern Lights
Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

1995 148 ed.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen

In one of Hans Christian Andersen's last tales, the search is on for "the most incredible thing."

1846 298 ed.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about...

1880 1988 ed.
Silver Boxes
Silver Boxes

by Florence Littauer

It was a typical old New England style church with a long red-carpeted center aisle and high-arched, stained-glass windo...

1989 4 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.
The Jungle
The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

IT WAS FOUR O'CLOCK when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive.

1707 673 ed.
Study Guide
Study Guide

by SuperSummary

2019 308 ed.
Walden
Walden

by Henry David Thoreau

"As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them."

1854 1138 ed.
Babbitt
Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs ...

1922 451 ed.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

OROTHY lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the far...

1899 2049 ed.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

DEPENDING ON WHO you listened to, it was either the best of times, or it was the worst of times.

1800 2059 ed.
The Art of War
The Art of War

by 孙武, Stephen F. Kaufman

IN SOME INSTANCES THIS TRANSLATION MAY RESIST IMMEDIATE understanding.

1900 1542 ed.
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery)
The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery)

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea, the boat touched Harwich and let loose a sw...

1583 851 ed.
Bible
Bible

by Bible

So there you are, a teenager at your grandparent's house.

1200 6084 ed.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.

1898 563 ed.