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Kitchen God's Wife, The by Tan Amy
epub |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Tan, Amy [Tan, Amy]

That same morning, Hulan and I went into town. I put on my long green coat and everyday shoes, because it was three or four li to get to the ...
( Category: Contemporary November 11,2018 )
Sound and the Fury, The by Faulkner William
epub |eng | 2011-05-18 | Author:Faulkner, William [Faulkner, William]

About that time Earl started yelling at Job, so I put them away and went over to try to put some life into him. What this country needs is white ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Last of the Mohicans (B&N) by Cooper James Fenimore
epub |eng | 1826-01-01 | Author:Cooper, James Fenimore [Cooper, James Fenimore]

CHAPTER XVIII “Why, anything: An honorable murderer, if you will; For naught I did in hate, but all in honor.” OTHELLO. The bloody and inhuman scene rather incidentally mentioned than ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Kindred by Butler Octavia E
epub |eng | 1979-01-01 | Author:Butler, Octavia E. [Butler, Octavia E.]

8 I did my best for Alice, hurt her as little as possible, got her clean and bandaged the worst of her injuries—the dog bites. “Looks like they just let ...
( Category: Science Fiction November 11,2018 )
Torrents of Spring, The by Hemingway Ernest
epub |eng | 1926-01-15 | Author:Hemingway, Ernest [Hemingway, Ernest]

PART THREE Men in War and the Death of Society It may be likewise noted that affectation does not imply an absolute negation of those qualities which are affected; and ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Princess Casamassima, The by James Henry
epub |eng | 1886-01-31 | Author:James, Henry [James, Henry]

23 He was in the library, after luncheon, when word was brought to him that the carriage was at the door, for their drive; and when he went into the ...
( Category: Literary November 11,2018 )
Expensive People by Oates Joyce Carol
epub |eng | 1968-01-18 | Author:Oates, Joyce Carol [Oates, Joyce Carol]

4 Gregory Hofstadter was in oil and rarely seen. He flew everywhere, dined with princes and premiers; there is a photograph of him in Gus-tave's room, riding in a jeep ...
( Category: Humor November 11,2018 )
Joy Luck Club, The by Tan Amy
epub |eng | 1989-01-29 | Author:Tan, Amy [Tan, Amy]

Waverly Jong FOUR DIRECTIONS I had taken my mother out to lunch at my favorite Chinese restaurant in hopes of putting her in a good mood, but it was a ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 11,2018 )
Little Women (B&N) by Alcott Louisa May
epub |eng | 1869-01-01 | Author:Alcott, Louisa May [Alcott, Louisa May]

25 The First Wedding The June roses over the porch were awake bright and early on that morning, rejoicing with all their hearts in the cloudless sunshine, like friendly little ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Edgar Huntly by Brown Charles Brockden
epub |eng | 1799-01-15 | Author:Brown, Charles Brockden [Brown, Charles Brockden]

CHAPTER FOURTEEN WHILE sitting alone by the parlour fire, marking the effects of moonlight, I noted one on horseback coming towards the gate. At first sight, methought his shape and ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Dud Avocado, The by Dundy Elaine
epub |eng | 1958-01-01 | Author:Dundy, Elaine [Dundy, Elaine]

EIGHT I DIDN’T SEE LARRY for a while. After a show opens it doesn’t belong to the director any more, it’s the stage manager’s baby, and Larry never came around. ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Street, The by Petry Ann
epub |eng | 1946-01-01 | Author:Petry, Ann [Petry, Ann]

10 AFTER MIN hung the cross over the bed, Jones took to sleeping in the living room. He could no longer see the cross, but he knew it was there ...
( Category: Literary November 11,2018 )
This Side of Paradise (B&N) by Fitzgerald F. Scott
epub |eng | 1920-01-01 | Author:Fitzgerald, F. Scott [Fitzgerald, F. Scott]

Amory Writes a Poem The weeks tore by. Amory wandered occasionally to New York on the chance of finding a new shining green auto-bus, that its stick-of-candy glamour might penetrate ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Old Devils, The by Amis Kingsley
epub |eng | 1986-01-02 | Author:Amis, Kingsley [Amis, Kingsley]

2 Immediately upon getting into the car beside Malcolm, Rhiannon noticed a peaked cap in nearly the same pattern as his jacket folded up on the shelf in front of ...
( Category: Contemporary November 11,2018 )
Garden of Earthly Delights, A by Oates Joyce Carol
epub |eng | 1967-01-15 | Author:Oates, Joyce Carol [Oates, Joyce Carol]

8 By the time the first cooling thunderstorms came in late September, that house had been fixed up—the roof mended, the steps and porch strengthened, the inside painted and even ...
( Category: Literary November 11,2018 )

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