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The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,343,085 ratings — published 1952
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,680,008 ratings — published 1945
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,486,230 ratings — published 1915
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.26 — 182,582 ratings — published 1942
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,892,315 ratings — published 1937
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,461,091 ratings — published 1942
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 306,988 ratings — published 1962
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.14 — 238,191 ratings — published 1886
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.83 — 681,269 ratings — published 1886
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,540,994 ratings — published 1943
White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.07 — 391,773 ratings — published 1848
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.58 — 279,922 ratings — published 1947
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.77 — 156,665 ratings — published 1820
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.07 — 373,598 ratings — published 1892
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.08 — 482,174 ratings — published 2021
Silk (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.86 — 78,256 ratings — published 1996
The Gambler (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.91 — 127,275 ratings — published 1866
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.68 — 242,804 ratings — published 1984
The Invention of Morel (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.95 — 36,107 ratings — published 1940
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.43 — 567,196 ratings — published 1899
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,029,504 ratings — published 1925
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,914,311 ratings — published 1953
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.84 — 150,321 ratings — published 2022
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 587,948 ratings — published 1995
The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 99,871 ratings — published 1966
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.93 — 270,587 ratings — published 1948
Train Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.88 — 48,596 ratings — published 2002
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.67 — 392,216 ratings — published 2016
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.81 — 408,594 ratings — published 1959
Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 129,511 ratings — published 1973
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.16 — 243,959 ratings — published 1864
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,505,104 ratings — published 1969
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,661,837 ratings — published 1988
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 62,359 ratings — published 1961
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.01 — 662,106 ratings — published 2013
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.06 — 158,043 ratings — published 1943
Anthem (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.61 — 168,871 ratings — published 1938
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.89 — 573,457 ratings — published 1895
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.97 — 243,921 ratings — published 1981
Семейное счастие (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,979 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 — 204,935 ratings — published 2010
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.17 — 941,888 ratings — published 1964
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.86 — 12,049 ratings — published 1935
A Story of Yesterday (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.53 — 23,137 ratings — published 2014
The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 3.69 — 230,703 ratings — published 1899
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.20 — 197,741 ratings — published 2021
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.13 — 793,284 ratings — published 2002
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.11 — 125,996 ratings — published 1969
A Single Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as short-novel)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,361 ratings — published 1964
“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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