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H. G. Wells

Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
Homer · Samuel Butler

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[ Free · c. 800 BC ]

The Odyssey

Homer · Samuel Butler

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Odysseus takes ten years to get home from Troy. Homer tells it in twenty-four books; each book is a chapter here. A chapter is here to play once it is published.

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c. 800 BCHomerNow on the shelf

[ Free · 1902 ]

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Children's & Young Adult

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Peter squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden. Beatrix Potter's 1902 story, with a picture for every line. Voices are still being added.

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1902Beatrix PotterChildren's & Young Adult

[ In the works · 1813 ]

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Literature & Fiction

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A novel of manners in Hertfordshire. The first of the English shelf.

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1813Jane AustenLiterature & Fiction

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