Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 8: “A Ride on a Lion”
by Lewis Carroll
Lady Muriel and the Earl discuss the weight of tea.
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Chapter 9
by James Weldon Johnson
The narrator leaves New York City and heads to Paris with his new friend. After spending a good deal of time together, they part company and the narrator heads for Boston.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter VII
by Jane Austen
Barton Park is a very open and elegant home, and Sir John and his wife are never without a good many guests. Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon are introduced and described.
The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 6: “Brunhild”
by James Baldwin
Siegfried awakens a princess.
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 7: How I Reached Home
by H.G. Wells
The narrator, having escaped the horror of the death-ray, continues to warn people about the Martian attack.
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 6: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
by H.G. Wells
The narrator recaps the events up to this point, speculating on what people expected to see at the landing sight.
Around the World in 80 Days
Chapter 12: In Which Phileas Fogg and His Companions Venture Across the Indian Forests, and What Ensued
by Jules Verne
Phileas and Passepartout journey through India on an elephant. Sir Francis' explanation of the the suttee appalls both Passepartout and Phileas.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 33
by Jack London
A week passes without any interaction with Captain Larson, prompting Maud to fear for the captain's health. After a brief, but unpleasant encounter with the captain, Maud and Hump take turns keeping watch.
Symbolic Logic
“Book 1: Chapter 2”
by Lewis Carroll
An explanation of the terms involved in determining classification.
The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
Chapter 4: Fire On Board
by Laura Lee Hope
Alice and Ruth ponder the identities of the two missing girls. An incident on the ship has the passengers preparing to load the lifeboats.
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, Part V”
by Wilkie Collins
Despite some difficulties, Walter completes his journey, wondering all the while about the mysterious woman. He arrives late, after the family has retired for the night, so he does the same.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"Thoughts on the Works of Providence."
by Phillis Wheatley
A R I S E, my soul, on wings enraptur'd, rise
Treasure Island
Part One: The Old Buccaneer, Chapter 1: The Old Sea-Dog at the Admiral Benbow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim Hawkins starts his tale of an island. An old imposing sailor stays at Jim’s father’s inn and terrorizes the other inhabitants. He warns Jim about a one-legged sailor whom he fears and threatens Dr. Livesey with a knife.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XI: “The Wood-Path”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale encounters a stranger bound for Blithedale, and begins to question his involvement with Zenobia.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter XII: “The Daguerreotypist”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Phoebe begins spending more and more time with Holgrave. He tells her his thoughts on the Pycheon curse and reads her an article he has written about it.
Lyrics of the Hearthside
The Paradox
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I am the mother of sorrows,
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
Thomas Simpson
by W.W. Rouse Ball
A biography of Thomas Simpson.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter I: Down the Rabbit-Hole
by Lewis Carroll
Alice, bored by her sister's reading, follows a passing rabbit down a hole.
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
“Chapter 12”
by Carveth Read, M.A.
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
Chapter 19: “Jerry Muskrat Has a Busy Day”
by Thornton W. Burgess
Grandfather Frog formulates a plan whereby Jerry Muskrat will gnaw and dig a hole in the dam and force water through it. Jerry sets off to work.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 4, Chapter 4: Wrecked!
by Hugh Lofting
Tommy awakens to a dire situation, awash in the Curlew's wreckage.
Great Expectations
Chapter 25
by Charles Dickens
Pip continues to become acquainted with the Wemmick's, Pockets', and Jaggers.
His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes
"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, Part 1"
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes’s brother visits him and tells him that three pages of the secret submarine plans are missing. The rest of the papers were found with the body of Arthur Cadogen West, however the three missing could enable an enemy to construct the submarine.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 41: “The Interdict”
by Mark Twain
When the Yankee and Sandy’s daughter, Hello, falls ill again, they spend weeks nursing her to health in France. The Yankee decides to travel back to England leaving his family in France. The Yankee arrives in Camelot to find it desolate.