List: 100 Books of the Past Century by Koen Books
A Room with a View
"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!"<br>
The Shipping News
Here is an account of a few years in the life of Quoyle, born in Brooklyn and raised in a shuffle of dreary upstate towns.
The Sound and the Fury
Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
Beloved
124 was spiteful. Full of baby's venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children.
The Lord of the Rings
When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.
Rabbit, Run
Boys are playing basketball around a telephone pole with a backboard bolted to it.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Dr. Iannis had enjoyed a satisfactory day in which none of his patients had died or got any worse.
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