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CHAPTER VII An elegant carriage stood in the middle of the road with a pair of spirited grey horses; there was no one in it, and the coachman had got off his box and stood by; the horses were being he...

CHAPTER VI But as soon as she went out, he got up, latched the door, undid the parcel which Razumihin had brought in that evening and had tied up again and began dressing. Strange to say, he seemed im...

CHAPTER V This was a gentleman no longer young, of a stiff and portly appearance, and a cautious and sour countenance. He began by stopping short in the doorway, staring about him with offensive and u...

CHAPTER XVII Mrs. Weston’s friends were all made happy by her safety; and if the satisfaction of her well-doing could be increased to Emma, it was by knowing her to be the mother of a little girl. She...

CHAPTER XXXVIII. “C’est beaucoup que le jugement des hommes sur les actions humaines; tôt ou tard il devient efficace.”—GUIZOT. Sir James Chettam could not look with any satisfaction on Mr. Brooke’s n...

Chapter 9 After thinking about it, I decided it must be because I'd never been in a relationship—I was too lonely. Plus, those roommates' outrageous remarks had made me have those inappropriate though...

Chapter 4 On Friday, I was packing up to leave work as usual when a message popped up in our work group from our boss: "We're meeting with President Xie this weekend to discuss a cooperation deal. How...

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Metamorphosis This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. ...

CHAPTER IV Zossimov was a tall, fat man with a puffy, colourless, clean-shaven face and straight flaxen hair. He wore spectacles, and a big gold ring on his fat finger. He was twenty-seven. He had on ...

Chapter 12 She’d been extremely weak then—pale, gaunt, wearing a wig. We’d met at the sanatorium. I’d hesitated to see her, but it was our last meeting. After all, we were biological sisters. "You’re ...

CHAPTER XI IN THE STAR DRESSING ROOM A BRIEF pause followed Sybil’s unexpectedly dramatic statement. Then Inspector Lowry bowed gravely. “That is all, Miss Merivale,” he said, without looking at her. ...

CHAPTER XXXIII. PHILADELPHIA AND GENERAL CONFERENCE OF 1812. I will now resume my narrative. Notwithstanding the recent death of my father, and the loneliness of my widowed mother, three days was all ...

CHAPTER III He was not completely unconscious, however, all the time he was ill; he was in a feverish state, sometimes delirious, sometimes half conscious. He remembered a great deal afterwards. Somet...

After living on Silent Reflection Peak for years, Shang Zhu knew exactly where its silence ended. He left the wooden house beneath trees older than Lingyun Sect itself. Each had developed a spirit—and...

Zhou Bin did not disagree. “Besides reviewing the footage, we should find out whether the security chief is here today.” The guard shook his head. The chief had not come to work and had not requested ...

CHAPTER II “And what if there has been a search already? What if I find them in my room?” But here was his room. Nothing and no one in it. No one had peeped in. Even Nastasya had not touched it. But h...

The Author’s Preface This book of mine, “What is Art?” appears now for the first time in its true form. More than one edition has already been issued in Russia, but in each case it has been so mutilat...

Inside the cave, Yu Xinglan entered the left-hand tunnel and returned to his starting point through the right. He had explored the entire cave. Apart from dead ends, there was only this circular passa...

PART II CHAPTER I So he lay a very long while. Now and then he seemed to wake up, and at such moments he noticed that it was far into the night, but it did not occur to him to get up. At last he notic...

Chapter 11 "Were you with him all morning?" Ethan’s voice came from behind me. He’d always hated my friendship with Noah, claiming he "loved me too much to let any other man get close." Now, he looked...

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE. Chancing to meet with one of his acquaintance at a certain coffee-house, the discourse turned upon the c...

CHAPTER XVIII A few months after Miss North’s departure, my second son Bertram was born. His arrival gave pleasure to the people of the country, for they think a great deal of a Rajah’s son who is bor...

CHAPTER VII The door was as before opened a tiny crack, and again two sharp and suspicious eyes stared at him out of the darkness. Then Raskolnikov lost his head and nearly made a great mistake. Feari...

Chapter 2 Memories My husband ran a business and was always out and about, busy with work. I took care of our family and raised our children. Our family was quite well-off. Apart from taking our kids ...

CHAPTER VI Later on Raskolnikov happened to find out why the huckster and his wife had invited Lizaveta. It was a very ordinary matter and there was nothing exceptional about it. A family who had come...

Get in there! The moment Qiu Yang opened her eyes, a kick landed on her body. Stay put. Don t even think about escaping. The prison guard slammed the cell door shut without the slightest hesitation. A...

CHAPTER V “Of course, I’ve been meaning lately to go to Razumihin’s to ask for work, to ask him to get me lessons or something...” Raskolnikov thought, “but what help can he be to me now? Suppose he g...

CHAPTER IV His mother’s letter had been a torture to him, but as regards the chief fact in it, he had felt not one moment’s hesitation, even whilst he was reading the letter. The essential question wa...

CHAPTER XIV A TIP—AND AN INVITATION JIM BARRISON had scarcely grasped this fact when the telephone rang. In the dead silence of that hour, half after two in the morning, the shrill tinkle had a startl...

Chapter 6 Ethan Davis was at my door again, wearing that innocent "model citizen of the 21st century" look. He had the nerve to say he needed to borrow soy sauce—such a clichéd excuse. It had been ove...

CHAPTER III He waked up late next day after a broken sleep. But his sleep had not refreshed him; he waked up bilious, irritable, ill-tempered, and looked with hatred at his room. It was a tiny cupboar...

CHAPTER II Raskolnikov was not used to crowds, and, as we said before, he avoided society of every sort, more especially of late. But now all at once he felt a desire to be with other people. Somethin...

CHAPTER I On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. He had successf...

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT PART I

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE A few words about Dostoevsky himself may help the English reader to understand his work. Dostoevsky was the son of a doctor. His parents were very hard-working and deeply religiou...

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*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER *** Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from print editions not...

To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. DEAR KNIGHT, The fatal knots are now tied. The comedy is near a close; and the curtain is ready to drop: but, the latter scenes of this act I shall recapitulate ...