Classics
epub |eng | 1969-08-12 | Author:Thomas Mann & H. T. Lowe-Porter [Mann, Thomas & Lowe-Porter, H. T.]

CHAPTER III Drawing the Veil HE had been so utterly weary, he had feared to oversleep; but he was on his legs rather earlier than usual, and had a superfluity ...
( Category: Contemporary September 2,2017 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:J.R.R. Tolkien

Chapter 12 FLIGHT TO THE FORD When Frodo came to himself he was still clutching the Ring desperately. He was lying by the fire, which was now piled high and ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-12-18 | Author:Jacob Abbott [Abbott, Jacob]

Crœsus's feeling of security. This answer pleased the king quite as much as the former one had done. The allusion to the contingency of a mule's reigning in Media he ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William Montgomerie

Now, far away in the fisherman’s house, they had seen the first tree planted from the mermaid’s grains withering. The second son said that his elder brother must be dead. ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 1966-01-01 | Author:Herman Melville

* * * * * * * * There would seem little need for proceeding further in this history. Imagination will readily supply the meager recital of poor Bartleby’s interment. ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Rachel Ferguson

13 Katrine is rehearsing in a rather attractive pub in Maiden Lane; it is mid-Victorian and seasoned with beer smells and there is sawdust on the floor, and when you’ve ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-15 | Author:Anthony Rolls

Chapter II 1 Naturally I had not forgotten the death of the German student, Ludwig Mackenrode. I made certain enquiries in 1921, and I found out all that could be ...
( Category: Mystery September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-04 | Author:Iris Murdoch [Murdoch, Iris]

Twelve The Bounty Belfounder studio is situated in a suburb of Southern London where contingency reaches the point of nausea. I went as far as my money would take me ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-05-06 | Author:A Thousand Splendid Suns [Suns, A Thousand Splendid]

30. Laila The next day, Laila stayed in bed. She was under the blanket in the morning when Rasheed poked his head in and said he was going to the ...
( Category: Literary September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2005-04-28 | Author:Henry Fielding [Fielding, Henry]

Abigail now made Haste to finish the Remainder of her Meal, and then repaired back to her Mistress, when the Conversation passed, which may be read in the next Chapter. ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 2007-11-05 | Author:Doyle, Arthur Conan [Doyle, Arthur Conan]

“I clapped a pistol to his head.” Sidney Paget, Strand Magazine, 1892 “A day which has saved England30 from a great public scandal,” said the banker, rising. “Sir, I cannot ...
( Category: History & Criticism September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 1934-09-01 | Author:John O'Hara [O'Hara, John]

. That’s enough of that. Oh, here is sad news. Clayton, Jackson and Durante are splitting up. Schnozzle is going to Hollywood and they’re breaking up. Oh, that’s sad. That’s ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 1959-01-01 | Author:E. R. Braithwaite [Braithwaite, E. R.]

Chapter Thirteen THE VISIT TO THE Victoria and Albert featured largely in their reviews that week. They commented on it freely and thoughtfully, and even on their own conduct. When ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-10-02 | Author:H.P. Lovecraft

VI. The Dunwich horror itself came between Lammas and the equinox47 in 1928, and Dr. Armitage was among those who witnessed its monstrous prologue. He had heard, meanwhile, of Whateley’s ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 2,2017 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:W. Somerset Maugham [Maugham, W. Somerset]

HIS EXCELLENCY ♦ When Ashenden was sent to X and looked about him he could not but see that his situation was equivocal. X was the capital of an important ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 2,2017 )