List: 100 Books of the Past Century by Koen Books
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.
Animal Farm
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.
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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