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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.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Near everyone agreed Mary Lennox was a most disagreeable child.

1911 1594 ed.
As a man thinketh
As a man thinketh

by James Allen

The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so compreh...

1902 657 ed.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801 - I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.

1846 2886 ed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, der sehr spät am Morgen aufzustehen pflegte (außer bei den gar nicht seltenen Gelegenheiten, da er ...

1900 1308 ed.
Cranford
Cranford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

IN the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women.

1853 473 ed.
The Woodlanders
The Woodlanders

by Thomas Hardy

THE rambler who for old association's sake should trace the forsaken coach-road running almost in a meridional line from...

1800 392 ed.
The Stand
The Stand

by Stephen King

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.

1978 85 ed.
The Professor
The Professor

by Charlotte Brontë

THE other day, in looking over my papers, I found in my desk the following copy of a letter, sent by me a year since to ...

1856 210 ed.
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is ...

1986 39 ed.
The Toll
The Toll

by Neal Shusterman

It is with abiding humility that I accept the position of High Blade of Midmerica.

2019 9 ed.
The Slave Dancer (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction)
The Slave Dancer (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction)

by Paula Fox, Eros Keith

In a hinged wooden box upon the top of which was carved a winged fish, my mother kept the tools of her trade.

1973 38 ed.
Robot Visions
Robot Visions

by Isaac Asimov

I suppose I should start by telling you who I am.

1990 15 ed.