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De la démocratie en Amérique
De la démocratie en Amérique

by Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont

AFTER the birth of a human being, his early years are obscurely spent in the toils or pleasures of childhood.

1835 421 ed.
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller

by Henry James

At the little town of Vevey, in Switzerland, there is a particularly comfortable hotel.

1877 244 ed.
Heidi
Heidi

by Spyri, Johanna

IN a small Swiss town in the shadow of the mountains is a path that leads, straight and steep, into the Alps.

1885 180 ed.
Le avventure di Pinocchio
Le avventure di Pinocchio

by Carlo Collodi

How it happened that Mr Cherry, the carpenter, found a piece of wood that laughed and cried like a child

1883 431 ed.
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

O maior estabelecimento de pesquisa científica do mundo – Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) –, na Suíç...

2000 170 ed.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Since its publication in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has remained continuously in print and has be...

1875 373 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.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm

by George Orwell

Nous sommes à la ferme, à la tombée de la nuit, alors que M.Jones vient de rentrer du pub. Il est ce soir bien trop émé...

1945 648 ed.
Der Zauberberg
Der Zauberberg

by Thomas Mann

AN ORDINARY YOUNG MAN was on his way from his hometown of Hamburg to Davos-Platz in the canton of Graubunden.

1924 188 ed.
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad

by Mark Twain

For months the great pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land was chatted about in the newspapers everywhere in Am...

1800 177 ed.
Poems
Poems

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Thy dewy looks sink in my breast;

1800 233 ed.
A Tramp Abroad
A Tramp Abroad

by Mark Twain

One day it occurred to me that it had been many years since the world had been afforded the spectacle of a man adventuro...

1878 197 ed.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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.

1900 159 ed.
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

by Ernest Hemingway

IT WAS NOW LUNCH TIME AND THEY WERE all sitting under the double green fly of the dining tent pretending that nothing ha...

1930 47 ed.
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit

by Judith Kerr

Anna was walking home from school with Elsbeth, a girl in her class.

1971 54 ed.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

by Beatrix Potter, Wendy Rasmussen

ONE MORNING a little rabbit sat on a bank.

1904 92 ed.