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No name
No name

by Wilkie Collins

THE hands on the hall clock pointed to half past six in the morning.

1862 236 ed.
Work
Work

by Louisa May Alcott

"AUNT BETSEY, there's going to be a new Declaration of Independence."

1873 92 ed.
Esther Waters, a novel
Esther Waters, a novel

by George Moore

She stood on the platform watching the receding train.

1890 374 ed.
Meet Samantha
Meet Samantha

by Susan S. Adler

"Samantha!" The voice broke through the summer afternoon like a crack.

1986 9 ed.
The Virginian
The Virginian

by Owen Wister

SOME NOTABLE sight was drawing the passengers, both men and women, to the window; and therefore I rose and crossed the c...

1902 70 ed.
The odd women
The odd women

by George Gissing

"So to-morrow, Alice,' said Dr. Madden, as he walked with his eldest daughter on the coast-downs by Clevedon, 'I shall t...

1893 36 ed.
Shoeshine girl
Shoeshine girl

by Clyde Robert Bulla, Jim Burke

The train stopped at Palmville, and Sarah Ida had a sudden thought.

1900 18 ed.
Un coeur simple
Un coeur simple

by Gustave Flaubert

MADAME AUBAIN'S servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.

1909 33 ed.