"The Time Machine", by H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells [1898]

 Rank  Occurances  Percentage    1-tuple
       (of 32457)
   1       2261    6.9661398%    the
   2       1250    3.8512493%    i
   3       1245    3.8358443%    and
   4       1154    3.5554734%    of
   5        816    2.5140956%    a
   6        684    2.1074036%    to
   7        552    1.7007117%    was
   8        541    1.6668207%    in
   9        440    1.3556398%    that
  10        440    1.3556398%    my
  11        420    1.2940198%    it
  12        354    1.0906738%    had
  13        282    0.8688419%    me
  14        270    0.8318699%    as
  15        243    0.7486829%    at
  16        221    0.6809009%    for
  17        216    0.6654959%    with
  18        204    0.6285239%    but
  19        196    0.6038759%    time
  20        158    0.4867979%    were
  21        152    0.4683119%    this
  22        137    0.4220969%    on
  23        134    0.4128539%    then
  24        133    0.4097729%    you
  25        129    0.3974489%    his
  26        126    0.3882059%    there
  27        122    0.3758819%    they
  28        122    0.3758819%    from
  29        121    0.3728009%    have
  30        119    0.3666389%    he
  31        117    0.3604769%    all
  32        114    0.3512339%    not
  33        114    0.3512339%    into
  34        113    0.3481529%    upon
  35        113    0.3481529%    one
  36        112    0.3450719%    so
  37        112    0.3450719%    little
  38        107    0.3296669%    is
  39        105    0.3235049%    came
  40        103    0.3173429%    by
  41         94    0.2896140%    some
  42         93    0.2865330%    be
  43         92    0.2834520%    could
  44         91    0.2803710%    their
  45         91    0.2803710%    no
  46         89    0.2742090%    said
  47         88    0.2711280%    saw
  48         87    0.2680470%    down
  49         86    0.2649660%    them
  50         85    0.2618850%    which
  51         85    0.2618850%    very
  52         85    0.2618850%    machine
  53         85    0.2618850%    its
  54         84    0.2588040%    or
  55         84    0.2588040%    an
  56         81    0.2495610%    we
  57         79    0.2433990%    now
  58         75    0.2310750%    what
  59         75    0.2310750%    been
  60         74    0.2279940%    these
  61         74    0.2279940%    her
  62         73    0.2249130%    out
  63         72    0.2218320%    seemed
  64         71    0.2187510%    up
  65         70    0.2156700%    about
  66         66    0.2033460%    man
  67         65    0.2002650%    thing
  68         64    0.1971840%    like
  69         62    0.1910220%    again
  70         60    0.1848600%    would
  71         59    0.1817790%    white
  72         59    0.1817790%    more
  73         57    0.1756170%    thought
  74         57    0.1756170%    our
  75         57    0.1756170%    felt
  76         55    0.1694550%    when
  77         55    0.1694550%    traveller
  78         52    0.1602120%    still
  79         52    0.1602120%    over
  80         51    0.1571310%    myself
  81         50    0.1540500%    even
  82         49    0.1509690%    went
  83         49    0.1509690%    through
  84         49    0.1509690%    must
  85         49    0.1509690%    if
  86         49    0.1509690%    first
  87         48    0.1478880%    hand
  88         48    0.1478880%    before
  89         48    0.1478880%    are
  90         47    0.1448070%    towards
  91         47    0.1448070%    morlocks
  92         47    0.1448070%    last
  93         46    0.1417260%    weena
  94         46    0.1417260%    she
  95         46    0.1417260%    people
  96         46    0.1417260%    only
  97         44    0.1355640%    too
  98         44    0.1355640%    see
  99         43    0.1324830%    how
 100         43    0.1324830%    here