"The Secret Sharer", by Joseph Conrad

 Rank  Occurances  Percentage    1-tuple
       (of 16655)
   1       1001    6.0102071%    the
   2        635    3.8126689%    i
   3        494    2.9660763%    of
   4        432    2.5938157%    to
   5        419    2.5157610%    a
   6        389    2.3356349%    and
   7        296    1.7772441%    was
   8        276    1.6571600%    in
   9        263    1.5791054%    my
  10        256    1.5370760%    he
  11        214    1.2848994%    that
  12        207    1.2428700%    on
  13        207    1.2428700%    it
  14        189    1.1347944%    his
  15        173    1.0387271%    had
  16        151    0.9066346%    as
  17        148    0.8886220%    for
  18        116    0.6964875%    not
  19        115    0.6904833%    at
  20        113    0.6784749%    with
  21        103    0.6184329%    me
  22        102    0.6124287%    you
  23        100    0.6004203%    him
  24         92    0.5523867%    but
  25         90    0.5403783%    have
  26         84    0.5043530%    out
  27         80    0.4803362%    there
  28         71    0.4262984%    ship
  29         68    0.4082858%    be
  30         68    0.4082858%    all
  31         66    0.3962774%    by
  32         61    0.3662564%    no
  33         60    0.3602522%    very
  34         57    0.3422396%    been
  35         55    0.3302312%    from
  36         54    0.3242270%    we
  37         52    0.3122186%    so
  38         49    0.2942059%    if
  39         49    0.2942059%    could
  40         49    0.2942059%    an
  41         48    0.2882017%    what
  42         48    0.2882017%    up
  43         48    0.2882017%    like
  44         47    0.2821975%    would
  45         47    0.2821975%    were
  46         46    0.2761933%    then
  47         44    0.2641849%    which
  48         42    0.2521765%    over
  49         42    0.2521765%    only
  50         41    0.2461723%    man
  51         40    0.2401681%    this
  52         39    0.2341639%    mate
  53         39    0.2341639%    door
  54         38    0.2281597%    sir
  55         38    0.2281597%    our
  56         38    0.2281597%    did
  57         37    0.2221555%    too
  58         37    0.2221555%    some
  59         37    0.2221555%    or
  60         36    0.2161513%    other
  61         36    0.2161513%    myself
  62         36    0.2161513%    into
  63         35    0.2101471%    now
  64         34    0.2041429%    time
  65         34    0.2041429%    is
  66         33    0.1981387%    her
  67         33    0.1981387%    down
  68         32    0.1921345%    two
  69         32    0.1921345%    they
  70         32    0.1921345%    eyes
  71         31    0.1861303%    side
  72         31    0.1861303%    said
  73         31    0.1861303%    before
  74         30    0.1801261%    one
  75         30    0.1801261%    made
  76         30    0.1801261%    head
  77         29    0.1741219%    when
  78         29    0.1741219%    went
  79         29    0.1741219%    more
  80         29    0.1741219%    go
  81         28    0.1681177%    know
  82         28    0.1681177%    dont
  83         28    0.1681177%    after
  84         27    0.1621135%    voice
  85         27    0.1621135%    round
  86         27    0.1621135%    came
  87         26    0.1561093%    us
  88         26    0.1561093%    something
  89         26    0.1561093%    she
  90         26    0.1561093%    see
  91         26    0.1561093%    do
  92         25    0.1501051%    water
  93         25    0.1501051%    steward
  94         25    0.1501051%    sort
  95         25    0.1501051%    second
  96         25    0.1501051%    sea
  97         25    0.1501051%    say
  98         25    0.1501051%    little
  99         25    0.1501051%    about
 100         24    0.1441009%    under