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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,331,305 ratings — published 1952
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,631,826 ratings — published 1945
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,464,130 ratings — published 1915
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.26 — 178,895 ratings — published 1942
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,870,946 ratings — published 1937
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 302,506 ratings — published 1962
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,437,729 ratings — published 1942
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.83 — 675,003 ratings — published 1886
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.14 — 232,482 ratings — published 1886
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.07 — 374,938 ratings — published 1848
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.57 — 276,777 ratings — published 1947
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,517,993 ratings — published 1943
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,082 ratings — published 1820
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.68 — 239,353 ratings — published 1984
The Invention of Morel (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.96 — 35,356 ratings — published 1940
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.43 — 563,820 ratings — published 1899
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,987,301 ratings — published 1925
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,884,769 ratings — published 1953
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.84 — 146,453 ratings — published 2022
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.07 — 368,039 ratings — published 1892
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.08 — 540,968 ratings — published 1995
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.08 — 468,422 ratings — published 2021
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 98,909 ratings — published 1966
Silk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.85 — 76,895 ratings — published 1996
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.94 — 264,153 ratings — published 1948
Train Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,453 ratings — published 2002
The Gambler (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 124,394 ratings — published 1866
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.67 — 384,680 ratings — published 2016
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.81 — 403,064 ratings — published 1959
Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 127,442 ratings — published 1973
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.17 — 238,390 ratings — published 1864
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,496,334 ratings — published 1969
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,627,404 ratings — published 1988
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 61,863 ratings — published 1961
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.01 — 660,350 ratings — published 2013
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 156,568 ratings — published 1943
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.89 — 570,270 ratings — published 1895
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.97 — 240,826 ratings — published 1981
Семейное счастие (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,712 ratings — published 1859
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.63 — 198,353 ratings — published 2010
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.17 — 937,684 ratings — published 1964
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.86 — 11,865 ratings — published 1935
A Story of Yesterday (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.53 — 21,865 ratings — published 2014
The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 229,453 ratings — published 1899
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.21 — 192,990 ratings — published 2021
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.13 — 789,218 ratings — published 2002
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.11 — 124,776 ratings — published 1969
A Single Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,037 ratings — published 1964
In Watermelon Sugar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.77 — 25,135 ratings — published 1968
شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة (سلسلة زيزا، #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.38 — 86,210 ratings — published 1968
“Drogie panie, musimy spróbować podsumować nasze wyniki - zaczęła Jane, kiedy szum od jakiegoś czasu dochodzący zza okna zagłuszył jej słowa.
- Wojna! Wojna! Wojna! Wypowiedziano wojnę! - krzyczeli na ulicy mężczyźni.
Popatrzyłyśmy na siebie w przerażeniu.
- Jaka wojna? - zawołałyśmy. - Jaka wojna?
Zbyt późno uświadomiłyśmy sobie, że nie przyszło nam do głowy skierować wysłanniczki do Izby Gmin. Całkiem o tym zapomniałyśmy. Zwróciłyśmy się do Poll, która dotarła już do działu literatury historycznej w Bibliotece Londyńskiej, by nas oświeciła.
- Dlaczego - spytałyśmy - mężczyźni chodzą na wojnę?
- Raz mają takie powody, a raz inne - odpowiedziała spokojnie Poll. - W 1760 na przykład... - krzyki z zewnątrz zagłuszyły jej słowa. - A znowu w 1797... w 1804... w 1866 to byli Austriacy, w 1870 Franko-Prusowie, a z kolei w 1900...
- Ale teraz jest 1914 - przerwałyśmy jej.
- Och, nie wiem, po co teraz idą na wojnę - przyznała.”
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- Wojna! Wojna! Wojna! Wypowiedziano wojnę! - krzyczeli na ulicy mężczyźni.
Popatrzyłyśmy na siebie w przerażeniu.
- Jaka wojna? - zawołałyśmy. - Jaka wojna?
Zbyt późno uświadomiłyśmy sobie, że nie przyszło nam do głowy skierować wysłanniczki do Izby Gmin. Całkiem o tym zapomniałyśmy. Zwróciłyśmy się do Poll, która dotarła już do działu literatury historycznej w Bibliotece Londyńskiej, by nas oświeciła.
- Dlaczego - spytałyśmy - mężczyźni chodzą na wojnę?
- Raz mają takie powody, a raz inne - odpowiedziała spokojnie Poll. - W 1760 na przykład... - krzyki z zewnątrz zagłuszyły jej słowa. - A znowu w 1797... w 1804... w 1866 to byli Austriacy, w 1870 Franko-Prusowie, a z kolei w 1900...
- Ale teraz jest 1914 - przerwałyśmy jej.
- Och, nie wiem, po co teraz idą na wojnę - przyznała.”
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