Classics
epub, mobi |eng | 1926-01-01 | Author:William Faulkner [Faulkner, William]

V He burst into his sister’s room. She was fixing her hair and she saw him in the mirror, panting and regrettably soiled. “Get out, you little beast,” she said. ...
( Category: Literary April 12,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Alan Paton

After breakfast, Jarvis returned to his host’s study, and began to read his son’s manuscript. He turned first to the last page of it, and read with pain the last ...
( Category: Historical April 12,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Charles Dickens

CHAPTER XXX AFTER WELL CONSIDERING THE matter while I was dressing at the Blue Boar in the morning, I resolved to tell my guardian that I doubted Orlick’s being the ...
( Category: Coming of Age April 12,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-04-28 | Author:Powder; Patch

Chapter XI. Philip Astonishes his Uncle Thomas, deep in the latest copy of the Rambler, was aroused by the sound of wheels drawing up outside the house. He rose and ...
( Category: Regency April 11,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-28 | Author:The Black Moth

( Category: Classics April 11,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-11-18 | Author:Sir Walter Scott

Take turn about, mither, quo Tam o’ the Linn. And, speaking o’ that, I maun gang and see about my mither, puir auld body, if your honour hasna ony immediate ...
( Category: Classics April 11,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-28 | Author:The Grand Sophy

( Category: Historical April 11,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Mervyn Peake

SIXTY-TWO Titus got to his feet and turned to Muzzlehatch. He saw at once by the distant look in his friend's eye that he was in no talking mood. He ...
( Category: Epic April 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Mervyn Peake

THIRTY-NINE Barquentine in his room sat with his withered leg drawn up to his chin. His hair, dirty as a fly-blown web, hung about his face, dry and lifeless. His ...
( Category: Epic April 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1973-01-02 | Author:John Cheever [Cheever, John]

PART TWO CHAPTER XVIII The cast of characters in the Nuclear Revolution changed so swiftly that Dr. Cameron has long since been forgotten excepting for a few disorders he incited. ...
( Category: Family Saga April 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-27 | Author:Shirley Jackson

8 “‘I had, as I hinted before,’” the nurse read, going slowly in her flat voice, “‘a parcel of money, as well gold as silver, about thirty-six pounds sterling; alas! ...
( Category: Horror April 9,2014 )
epub |eng | 1965-01-02 | Author:J. R. R. Tolkien [Tolkien, J. R. R.]

They turned their backs on the doors of Orthanc, and went down. The riders hailed the king with joy, and saluted Gandalf. The spell of Saruman was broken: they had ...
( Category: Epic April 5,2014 )
epub |eng | 1955-01-02 | Author:J. R. R. Tolkien [Tolkien, J. R. R.]

Frodo dozed, though the pain of his wound was slowly growing, and a deadly chill was spreading from his shoulder to his arm and side. His friends watched over him, ...
( Category: Epic April 4,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 1998-12-10 | Author:Machado de Assis [Assis, Machado de]

LXIV The Transaction I wandered through the streets and retired at nine o’clock. Unable to sleep, I set about reading and writing. At eleven o’clock I was sorry I hadn’t ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory April 4,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2001-12-07 | Author:Anthony Bourdain [Bourdain, Anthony]

We are barbarians. We are big, hairy, smelly, foreign devils, unsophisticated, loud, clumsy, overexpressive, and overfed, blundering thoughtlessly through life. At least that’s how you might feel when preparing yourself ...
( Category: Essays April 1,2014 )