Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

ERANO LE CINQUE di una mattina invernale, in Siria.

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White

Follow this rule whatever the final consonant.

The Witches

by Roald Dahl

I myself had two separate encounters with witches before I was eight years old.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

Les habitants de Little Hangleton l’appelaient toujours la maison des « Jeux du sort », même s’il y avait de nombreuses ...

The game of life and how to play it

by Florence Scovel Shinn

Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.

The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

It was close on midnight when a man crossed the Place de la Concorde.

The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch

ANCIENT mythologies have much to do with modern literature.

Laws, etc

by United States

Don Quijote de la Mancha

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Num lugar da Mancha, de cujo nome não quero lembrar-me, não há muito tempo que vivia um fidalgo dos de lança em cabide, ...

Plays (36)

by William Shakespeare

Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

À bien des égards, Harry Potter était un garçon des plus singuliers. Tout d’abord, il détestait les vacances d’été, c’ét...

कामसूत्र

by Vatsyāyana

Hindu love manuals are full of advice at a practical level - although the positions described in some of them are practi...

Leaves of Grass

by Walt Whitman

OVER the Western sea hither from Niphon come,

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

NOW, what I want is, Facts.

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...

Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot looked with interest and appreciation at the young woman who was being ushered into the room.

Curtain

by Agatha Christie

WHO is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?

Evil Under the Sun

by Agatha Christie

WHEN Captain Roger Angmering built himself a house in the year 1782 on the island off Leather-combe Bay, it was thought ...