Moby-Dick · Excerpt
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing part…
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A Tale of Two Cities · Excerpt
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was …
The Happy Prince · Excerpt
HIGH above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves …
A Tale of Two Cities · Excerpt
The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris, wher…
The Happy Prince · Excerpt
But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw—Ah! what did he see? The eyes of the…
Frankenstein · Excerpt
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded w…
A Scandal in Bohemia · Excerpt
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Excerpt
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all glad…
Gulliver’s Travels · Excerpt
My father now and then sending me small sums of money, I laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the…
Pride and Prejudice · Excerpt
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. …
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland · Excerpt
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to…
Treasure Island · Excerpt
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a …
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland · Excerpt
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twic…
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer · Excerpt
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out unde…
Pride and Prejudice · Excerpt
After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began:-- “In vain have I stru…