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What do readers say about The Hound of the Baskervilles?
a classic novelettespooky, dramatic and excitinga chilling mysterysherlock holmes taleThe Hound of the Baskervilles is one of master mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most accomplished stories. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson confront one of their most difficult cases ever: is there truly a curse on the old Baskervi... Read more about The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and pi...
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What do readers say about The Picture of Dorian Gray?
brilliant and wittyeloquent words and descriptionsvivid and beautiful prosedense and confoundingDorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret:... Read more about The Picture of Dorian Gray
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more del...
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What do readers say about The Yellow Wallpaper?
sharp, modern, intense writinganother creepy novelnineteenth century gothic fictionearly feminist literatureTHE YELLOW WALL-PAPER is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century tow... Read more about The Yellow Wallpaper
If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—wha...
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What do readers say about The Lottery?
fatal social conformitythird-person realistic dystopian fictionfearless and honest writingshort story collectionOne of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948.
"Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today... Read more about The Lottery
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gathe...
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What do readers say about The Ocean at the End of the Lane?
love, sacrifice, and magichow visual it isfairy tale horrorstraightforward but never boringLocus Award
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys.
This bewit... Read more about The Ocean at the End of the Lane
There was a table laid with jellies and trifles, with a party hat beside each place and a birthday cake with seven candles on it in the centre of the table. The cake had a book drawn on it, in icing. ...
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What do readers say about This Is How You Lose the Time War?
flowery, poetic languagelyrical and compellingstrange and lovelyepistolary science fictionHUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA
NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA
"[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as... Read more about This Is How You Lose the Time War
That was fun, she thinks, but the thought sours in the framing. It was clean, at least. Climb up time’s threads into the past and make sure no one survives this battle to muddle the futures her Agency...
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What do readers say about Breakfast at Tiffany's?
sweet sense of nostalgiaeasy to readtouching, funny and wryso beautifully writtenImmortalised by Audrey Hepburn's sparkling performance in the 1961 film of the same name, Breakfast at Tiffany's is Truman Capote's timeless portrait of tragicomic cultural icon Holly Golightly, published in Penguin Modern Classics.
It's New York in ... Read more about Breakfast at Tiffany's
I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. For instance, there is a brownstone in the East Seventies where, during the early years of the war, I had my fi...
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What do readers say about Bartleby the Scrivener?
a short novellaslightly absurdist plota mysterious young clerkdeep thought and contemplationBartleby the Scrivener (1853), by Herman Melville, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. One day Bartleby declines the assignment his employer gives him with the inscrut... Read more about Bartleby the Scrivener
I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of...
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What do readers say about The Graveyard Book?
it was darkbeautifully well writtenepisodic in natureyoung adult fictionFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, an ingenious and captivating reimagining of Rudyard Kipling's adventure The Jungle Book that is a glorious meditation on love, loss, survival, sacrifice, and what it means to truly be alive-one o... Read more about The Graveyard Book
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What do readers say about The Vegetarian?
dark and brutaldark, joyless novelpurity and simplicitydark and unsettlingWinner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review
Publisher's Weekly
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The deep oxblood curtain fell over the stage. The dancers waved their hands so vigorously the whole row became a blur of movement, with individual figures impossible to make out. Though the applause w...
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