Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“The Little New Year”
by Ellen Robena Field
Maurice is visited by the little New Year and his cart of gifts. He shows Maurice the wonders of giving to others and the happiness that it brings.
Maurice is visited by the little New Year and his cart of gifts. He shows Maurice the wonders of giving to others and the happiness that it brings.
Jane remains at Gateshead for a month because Georgiana dreads being left alone with Eliza, with whom she does not get along. Eventually, Georgiana goes to London to live with her uncle, and Eliza joins a convent in France. Jane tells us that Eliza eventually becomes the Mother Superior of her convent, while Georgiana marries a wealthy man. At Gateshead, Jane receives a letter from Mrs. Fairfax, which says that Rochester’s guests have departed and that Rochester has gone to London to buy a new carriage—a sure sign of his intention to marry Blanche. As Jane travels toward Thornfield, she anxiously anticipates seeing Rochester again, and yet she worries about what will become of her after his marriage. To her surprise, as she walks from the station at Millcote, Jane encounters Rochester. When he asks her why she has stayed away from Thornfield so long, she replies, still a bit bewildered, “I have been with my aunt, sir, who is dead.” Rochester asks Jane whether she has heard about his new carriage, and he tells her: “You must see the carriage, Jane, and tell me if you don?t think it will suit Mrs. Rochester exactly.” After a few more words together, Jane surprises herself by expressing the happiness she feels in Rochester’s presence: “I am strangely glad to get back again to you; and wherever you are is my home—my only home.” Back at the manor, Mrs. Fairfax, Adele, and the servants greet Jane warmly.
The speaker compares the feelings and hopes of youth at Christmastime with the changes that occur with age.
The story of Wing Biddlebaum, a man with few friends who experienced a horrible ordeal earlier in his life.
With Mr. St. Clare gone, Mrs. St. Clare makes a decision about the slaves. Tom's hopes for finding a new, kind master are gone after meeting Simon Legree.
An old dog ingratiates himself to his master, hoping to avoid a dire fate.
Griffin tells Dr. Kemp about his first experiences after becoming invisible. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Thoreau prepares for winter.
A litte hare has no parents and is raised by his grandmother. By great cunning, he is able to catch their dinner and also capture fire by a narrow escape from being eaten himself.
Having sufficiently healed from his injuries, Black Beauty bids farewell to an old friend and finds himself in a tolerable new surrounding.
A soldier of unworthy morals becomes king by nefarious means.
The narrator describes a journey through a storm.
Zeus issues an order to the gods. The Trojans and Greeks continue to battle.
Hunger turns to desperation, until the men find water. Unfortunate events lead to further troubles.
"The Internal Slave Trade." Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852.
Romeo pays a visit to Friar Lawrence.
Paris informs Capulet of his desire to marry Juliet. Romeo and Benvolio receive unexpected invitations to a masquerade feast.
Along with the Tin Man, the group travels to visit the Scarecrow in his giant corn house. The Tin Man tells him about the news of Ozma’s fate. He tells them to live each day to the fullest. They all travel to the farm of Jack Pumpkinhead to tell him the sad news. The group heads back to the Emerald City.
This is a narrative of William Wells Brown's life and how he came out of slavery.
A typhoon destroys a harpoon boat as Ahab continues to put the crew in harms way unnecessarily.
The end of the Appalachian system in Northern Florida evokes the imagery of battle in the author's mind.
A fairy tale about a magic kettle that could transform into a dancing tanuki.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. Marmaduke gets tonsilitis and has to stay in bed. One night he meets a fairy who sings to him and takes him around the world.
Hector presents a challenge to the Achaean line. Ajax and Hector engage in battle until Zeus intervenes.