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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 11
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 12
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 13
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 14
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 15
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 16
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 17
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 18
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 19
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 20
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 21
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 22
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 23
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 24
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 25
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 26
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 27
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 28
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 29
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 30
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 31
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 32
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 33
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 34
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 35
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 36
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 37
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 38
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 39
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 40
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 41
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 42
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · novel
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The Homeric Hymns
Andrew Lang · poetry
The story in one page
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A family curse involving a glowing giant dog forces a detective to leave London for the foggy Devon moors.
Arthur Conan Doyle · novel
The story in one page
The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies
A king returns from war to a murderous wife, starting a cycle of family killings that only a trial can end.
Aeschylus · collection
The story in one page
The House of the Seven Gables
An ancestral curse requires blood to drink, but the Pyncheons settle for selling ginger-beer instead.
Nathaniel Hawthorne · novel
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The Humour of Homer and Other Essays
Samuel Butler · ideas
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The Hundred Best English Poems
Adam L. Gowans · poetry
The story in one page
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
A crew of specialists hunts an elusive creature with thimbles, forks, railway shares, and a very specific fear of Boojums.
Lewis Carroll · poetry
The story in one page
The Iliad
A king steals a hero’s girl, a hero sulks in his tent, and Troy pays the price in blood.
Homer · myth
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The Iliad of Homer
Homer · poetry
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The Iliads of Homer
Homer · poetry
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The Imaginary Invalid
Molière · play
The story in one page
The Imitation of Christ
A monk argues that your biggest problem is yourself and offers a manual for vanishing into the Divine.
à Kempis Thomas · ideas
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The Impostures of Scapin
Molière · play
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The Innocents Abroad — Volume 04
Mark Twain · travel
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The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"
B. W. Matz · history