English stories and books

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Alissa is reading. Her father calls to her. ‘Alissa! Alissa!’ Alissa runs to the door. There is a car outside the house. Her father is talking to a fat man. ‘This is Alissa.
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The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells [1898] I The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
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Read online One Night of Song by Issac Asimov As it happens, I have a friend who hints, sometimes, that he can call up spirits from the vasty deep.
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The Story Behind The “Foundation” Isaac Asimov The date was August 1, 1941. World War II had been raging for two years.
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Father Rebello sat in his study, his vast bulk filling the roomy revolving chair. ‘Swish, swish’, went his pen as he wrote. Tick-tock went the clock on top of the bookshelf.
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David Garnett. Lady into fox Wonderful or supernatural events are not so uncommon, rather they are irregular in their incidence.
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The Adventure of the Cardboard Box By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In choosing a few typical cases which illustrate the remarkable mental qualities of my friend, Sherlock Holmes, I have endeavoured, as far
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Mark Twain. The Awful German Language A little learning makes the whole world kin.
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William Gibson. Fragments of A Hologram Rose That summer Parker had trouble sleeping.
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“I won’t, I won’t, I won’t. He’s a greedy glutton and I won’t take him to the party,” said Leeladidi* stamping her feet as she stormed out of the room.
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Ray Bradbury. The October Game He put the gun back into the bureau drawer and shut the drawer. No, not that way. Louise wouldn’t suffer.
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“You good for nothing fellow!” one slap. “You naughty boy!” another slap. “You rascal!” a shower of slaps. I could see stars dancing at midday!
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Barbara Hambly. Traveling with the dead Chapter One All Souls and black rain, and cold that passed like needles through flesh and clothing to scrape the bones inside.
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Charles Dickens. DOCTOR MARIGOLD I am a Cheap Jack, and my own father’s name was Willum Marigold.
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THE GRAND INQUISITOR By Feodor Dostoevsky (Translation by H.P.
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