The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Chapter 12”
by Mark Twain
Huck and Jim build a wigwam on the raft to provide some shelter. The pair travel at night to avoid being seen. Huck and Jim encounter some thieves while exploring a sunken steamboat.
Huck and Jim build a wigwam on the raft to provide some shelter. The pair travel at night to avoid being seen. Huck and Jim encounter some thieves while exploring a sunken steamboat.
Raskolnikov receives news regarding his sister.
The Time Traveller experiments with his new invention, starting slowly then accelerating rapidly into the future.
Moodie reappears, on a mysterious visit to see the ladies of Blithedale.
A deer hunt leads to separation and a night spent avoiding a pack of wolves.
William and Mr. Hunsden meet again. They discuss what has happened and William's plans for the future.
Ishmael stays the night at the Spouter Inn, where he encounters Queequeg.
Cruncher is sent to attend the trial of Charles Darnay.
As the minister returns to town, he can hardly believe the change in his fortunes. But all is not as it seems as his behavior becomes erratic, leading to a strange meeting with Chillingworth.
Methods for maintaining a tidy classroom throughout the school term.
The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country.
Aronnax recounts the previous nights events to Ned Land. Aronnax is asked to go on another excursion.
Mary and Dickon take Colin to see the garden. At once, his pale skin becomes rosey again. Mary and Colin both comment about this being their first time seeing springtime.
Mr. Creakle gives a warning to David. David meets some of the other boys at the school.
Betsy, Hank, Shaggy and Princess Ozga meet Polychrome (a fairy daughter of the rainbow). She tells the group that she will help them find Ruggedo’s (the Nome Prince’s) underground caverns. They come upon Tik-Tok.
In an attempt to help improve Diana's imagination, The Story Club is formed.
Tom tries to attract the attention of Becky Thatcher. Tom is wrongly accused and punished by Aunt Polly when Sid has an accident, causing him to evaluate his importance in the world.
The author is asked to start a new school in Tuskegee. As Booker prepares to procure a building for the new school, he observes the conditions and behaviors of the people of Tuskegee, always remaining hopeful.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, about a child born with the outward appearance of a 70-year-old man who ages in reverse. As he grows older, he appears to be getting younger with each passing year.
Manfred is expelled and all is concluded.
Lorry visits the Darnays with some unsettling news. The Defarges lead a mob into the Bastilles.
From an observatory, the narrator witnesses a series of strange occurrences on the surface of Mars.
The novel opens on a dreary November afternoon at Gateshead, the home of the wealthy Reed family. A young girl named Jane Eyre sits in the drawing room reading Bewick’s History of British Birds. Jane’s aunt, Mrs. Reed, has forbidden her niece to play with her cousins Eliza, Georgiana, and the bullying John. John chides Jane for being a lowly orphan who is only permitted to live with the Reeds because of his mother’s charity. John then hurls a book at the young girl, pushing her to the end of her patience. Jane finally erupts, and the two cousins fight. Mrs. Reed holds Jane responsible for the scuffle and sends her to the “red-room”—the frightening chamber in which her Uncle Reed died—as punishment.
Marian writes two letters, and passes them on to Fanny to be delivered. The Count and Countess behave strangely.