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Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway

by Virginia Woolf

MRS. DALLOWAY said she would buy the flowers herself.

1925 476 ed.
Orlando
Orlando

by Virginia Woolf

HE-for there could be no doubt of his sex, though the fashion of the time did something to disguise it-was in the act of...

1928 452 ed.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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.

1920 1091 ed.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

I HAD the story, bit by bit, from various people and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different s...

1910 1000 ed.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

1801.1 HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlordthe solitary neighbour that 1 shall be troubled with.

1846 2886 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.
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.
Shirley
Shirley

by Charlotte Brontë

OF late years, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills; eve...

1800 536 ed.
Persuasion
Persuasion

by Jane Austen

THE following pages are the production of a pen which has already contributed in no small degree to the entertainment of...

1789 1236 ed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garde...

1890 3012 ed.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

E un adevăr de toți știut că un burlac înzestrat cu o avere frumușică trebuie să fie în căutarea unei soții.

1813 4038 ed.
Emma
Emma

by Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the year before the American Declaration of Independence, and she died on ...

1815 2263 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.
Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание

by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский

В начале июля, в чрезвычайно жаркое время, под вечер, один молодой человек вышел из своей каморки, которую нанимал от жи...

1866 1178 ed.
The Tempest
The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

1611 804 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.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch

by George Eliot, Jessica Hische

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

1800 327 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.
The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romance

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

THE evening before my departure for Blithedale, I was returning to my bachelor apartments, after attending the wonderful...

1852 571 ed.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat

by Edgar Allan Poe

FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to open, I neither expect nor solicit belief.

1914 122 ed.