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Het Achterhuis
Het Achterhuis

by Anne Frank

I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will ...

1944 293 ed.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A THRONG of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats intermixed with women, some wearing hood...

1800 2406 ed.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry

"I'll race you to the corner, Ellen!"

1901 91 ed.
Архипелаг ГУЛАГ
Архипелаг ГУЛАГ

by Александр Исаевич Солженицын

How do people get to this clandestine Archipelago?

1970 88 ed.
Storm Island
Storm Island

by Ken Follett

IT WAS THE COLDEST WINTER FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.

1978 83 ed.
Loving
Loving

by Danielle Steel

THE air was so still in the brilliant summer sun that you could hear the birds, and every sound for miles, as Sarah sat ...

1980 130 ed.
The Hiding Place
The Hiding Place

by Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill

I jumped out of bed that morning with one question in my mind-sun or fog?

1971 56 ed.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

THE boys, as they talked to the girls from Marcia Blaine School, stood on the far side of their bicycles holding the han...

1961 59 ed.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

by Louis de Bernières

Dr Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse.

1994 70 ed.
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers

by Rosamunde Pilcher

She sometimes thought that for her, Nancy Chamberlain, the most straightforward or innocent occupation was doomed to bec...

1920 57 ed.
Obasan
Obasan

by Joy Kogawa

The coulee is so still right now that if a match were to be lit, the flame would not waver.

1981 22 ed.