Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XV
by Jane Austen
Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, and Margaret go to call on Lady Middleton, while Marianne remains behind. Things with Willoughby do not seem to be going well.
Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, and Margaret go to call on Lady Middleton, while Marianne remains behind. Things with Willoughby do not seem to be going well.
William tries to find a way to earn a living sufficient for beginning a new life, but finds there are unexpected obstacles.
Oliver begins his apprenticeship under Fagin.
Macduff meets with Malcolm in England. Macduff receives word of his families fate.
With certain defeat looming over the Greeks, Agamemnon presents an offer to Achilles.
Hector presents a challenge to the Achaean line. Ajax and Hector engage in battle until Zeus intervenes.
Esther confesses that she’s still worried about their friends Gabriel and Mordaunt. The General comes clean.
Newland shows is support for his fiance's family.
The narrator, Sylvie, and Bruno meet Willie’s wife.
Natives drive the men off the island then proceed towards the Nautilus.
For most of Jane’s first month at Lowood, Mr. Brocklehurst spends his time away from the school. When he returns, Jane becomes quite nervous because she remembers his promise to her aunt, Mrs. Reed, to warn the school about Jane’s supposed habit of lying. When Jane inadvertently drops her slate in Mr. Brocklehurst’s presence, he is furious and tells her she is careless. He orders Jane to stand on a stool while he tells the school that she is a liar, and he forbids the other students to speak to her for the rest of the day. Helen makes Jane’s day of humiliation endurable by providing her friend with silent consolation—she covertly smiles at Jane every time she passes by.
Zenobia breaks down and asks Coverdale to relay a message to Hollingsworth before disappearing into the woods.
Because of a magician’s enchanted spell, a prince was born with a very long nose. He grows up to marry a beautiful princess, but the magician takes her away before the wedding. He travels all over the world in search of her and meets a rude fairy princess. He spies his princess behind a glass wall, but it wasn’t until he was able to admit to his nose’s size that the wall would break and he could marry his bride.
Patroclus asks a favor of Achilles, who is still absent from the battle. Patroclus is slain, but not before telling Hector of his own dire fate.
Patroclus appears to Achilles in a dream. Following the burial, a series of games is held in Patroclus' honor.
Achilles is told of Patroclus' death. Patroclus' body is prepared for burial, while Achilles plots his revenge against Hector.
With his newfound liberty in jeopardy, Mr. Douglass departs for Great Britain.
Amy's luncheon with her art class goes badly.
This chapter focuses on the events at Fort Caroline. The men are getting sicker, there is a mistaken “attack” on an Indian camp, and the soldiers mutiny.
Elinor finds the company of Mrs. Jennings somewhat awkward, given a lack of things in common and the brevity of their acquaintance.
Miss Twinkleton pays a visit to London.
Raskolnikov and Porfiry's conversation is suddenly interrupted by an agitated Nikolai, leaving him hopeful he will not be caught.
A biography of Augustus De Morgan.
Miss Murray finds herself looking for a new source of entertainment. She and Agnes Grey go into town and meet with Mr. Weston.
Raskolnikov visits Porfiry Petrovich at the police station, presenting him with a request for the items from the pawnbroker's shop.