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The Fall

by Albert Camus • 1956

by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages

by Leo Tolstoy • 1878

by Leo Tolstoy 1878 964 pages

by Thomas More • 1516

by Thomas More 1516 113 pages

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas • 1844

Immersive

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas 1844 1276 pages

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho • 1994

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho 1994 180 pages

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1846

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1846 112 pages

by Sadegh Hedayat • 1937

by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 2003

by Paulo Coelho 2003 273 pages

by Hermann Hesse • 1922

by Hermann Hesse 1922 152 pages

by Sylvia Plath • 1963

by Sylvia Plath 1963 294 pages

by Ivan Goncharov • 1859

by Ivan Goncharov 1859 586 pages

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton • 1948

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages

by Stefan Zweig • 1942

by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee • 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee 1960 323 pages

by Charles Dickens • 1838

by Charles Dickens 1838 608 pages

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

by Ken Kesey • 1962

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

by Ken Kesey 1962 325 pages

by Chuck Palahniuk • 1996

by Chuck Palahniuk 1996 224 pages

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy • 1891

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pages

by Pat Conroy • 1986

by Pat Conroy 1986 679 pages

by Albert Camus • 1971

by Albert Camus 1971 144 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1947

by John Steinbeck 1947 96 pages

by Samuel Beckett • 1951

by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages

by Max Frisch • 1957

by Max Frisch 1957 214 pages

by David Foster Wallace • 1996

by David Foster Wallace 1996 1088 pages

Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"

by Henry David Thoreau • 1849

Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"

by Henry David Thoreau 1849 305 pages

by Fernando Pessoa • 1982

by Fernando Pessoa 1982 544 pages

by Charlotte Brontë • 1847

by Charlotte Brontë 1847 532 pages

by Toni Morrison • 1987

by Toni Morrison 1987 325 pages

by John Gardner • 1984

Notes on Craft for Young Writers

Notes on Craft for Young Writers

by John Gardner 1984 240 pages

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy • 1886

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864 136 pages

by Daniel Defoe • 1719

by Daniel Defoe 1719 320 pages

by Umberto Eco • 1980

by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages

by Juan Rulfo • 1955

by Juan Rulfo 1955 128 pages

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o • 1980

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 1980 256 pages

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo • 1831

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo 1831 510 pages

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas • 1847

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas 1847 470 pages

The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore • 1916

The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore 1916 213 pages

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon • 2000

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon 2000 639 pages

by H.P. Lovecraft • 2011

by H.P. Lovecraft 2011 43 pages

The Journey to the West, Volume 1

by Wu Cheng'en • 1980

The Journey to the West, Volume 1

by Wu Cheng'en 1980 544 pages

by Nikolai Gogol • 1842

by Nikolai Gogol 1842 464 pages

by Victor Hugo • 1987

by Victor Hugo 1987 1488 pages

by James Wood • 2008

by James Wood 2008 265 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 1997

by Paulo Coelho 1997 142 pages

by John Yorke • 2013

A Five Act Journey Into Story

A Five Act Journey Into Story

by John Yorke 2013 256 pages

by Molière • 2002

by Molière 2002 180 pages

by John Steinbeck • 1952

by John Steinbeck 1952 601 pages

by Paulo Coelho • 2006

by Paulo Coelho 2006 336 pages

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1969

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969 275 pages

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