“To J. Halford, Esq. Dear Halford, When we were together last, you gave me a very particular and interesting account of the most…”
Tag: classics
“When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special…”
“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk…”
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“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the the…”
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort…”
“Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.”
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood…”
“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by…”