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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.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

I remember the whole beginning as a succession of flights and drops, a little seesaw of the right throbs and the wrong.

1898 563 ed.
Bill
Bill

by Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly.

2002 720 ed.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

by Tennessee Williams

At the rise of the curtain someone is taking a shower in the bathroom, the door of which is half open.

1944 69 ed.
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social critic...

by Matthew Arnold, Matthew Arnold

IN one of his speeches a year or two ago, that fine speaker and famous Liberal, Mr Bright, took occasion to have a fling...

1869 138 ed.
The Golden Age
The Golden Age

by Kenneth Grahame, Ernest H. Shepard

1879 422 ed.
An Arabian tale
An Arabian tale

by William Beckford, Samuel Henley

VATHEK, ninth Caliph of the race of the Abassides, was the son of Motassem, and the grandson of Haroun al Raschid.

1786 333 ed.
The Language Instinct
The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker, Garikoitz Knörr de Santiago

As you are reading these words, you are taking part in one of the wonders of the natural world.

1994 35 ed.
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

by James Weldon Johnson

I KNOW THAT IN WRITING THE FOLLOWING PAGES I AM divulging the great secret of my life, the secret which for some years I...

1900 134 ed.
The inside of the cup
The inside of the cup

by Winston Churchill

WITH few exceptions, the incidents recorded in these pages take place in one of the largest cities of the United States ...

1913 128 ed.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

"There are some fields near Manchester, well known to the inhabitants as 'Green Heys Fields', through which runs a publi...

1848 70 ed.
The Code Book
The Code Book

by Simon Singh

On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 1586, Queen Mary entered the crowded courtroom at Fotheringhay Castle.

1999 23 ed.