Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 3: “Streaks of Dawn”
by Lewis Carroll
The narrator and Arthur go for a walk and chat about Bazaars.
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Tales of the Jazz Age
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Chapter 1
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, a novella by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows John T. Unger as he visits the home of dorm-mate Percy Washington. When Unger learns of the wealth of his friend and the measures the Washington family will take to protect their fortune, he is faced with an important decision.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 27: The Mystery
by William Wells Brown
George Green encounters a mysterious woman in a graveyard in France.
Winesburg, Ohio
Departure, concerning George Willard
by Sherwood Anderson
George prepares to leave Winesburg.
My Bondage and My Freedom
"The Slavery Party." Extract from a Speech Delivered before the A.A.S Society in New York, May, 1853.
by Frederick Douglass
"The Slavery Party." Extract from a Speech Delivered before the A.A.S Society in New York, May, 1853.
The Light Princess
Story 8: “Try a Drop of Water”
by George MacDonald
It is discovered that the princess gains gravity in water. Therefore, the two Chinese philosophers determine that she may be cured if she should cry because it is a deeper source of water.
The Mystery of Cloomber
Chapter V: “How Four of Us Came To Be Under the Shadow of Cloomber”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The narrator’s sister, Esther, is frightened of the General. The narrator decribes his love of the General’s daughter, Gabriel, and the relationship between Esther and Mordaunt, the General’s son.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chapter 8: Daggers Drawn
by Charles Dickens
After escorting the ladies home, Edwin and Neville have a heated discussion. Jasper, emerging from behind the two men, helps to establish a temporary truce between Edwin and Neville. After seeing Neville's reaction, Jasper begins to fear for his nephew's life.
Babbitt
Chapter 2
by Sinclair Lewis
The Babbitt family assembles for breakfast. The reader is introduced to the Babbitt children, Verona, Ted, and little Tinka.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 9: “A Jester and a Bear”
by Lewis Carroll
Sylvie, Bruno, My Lady, and the Professor wander through the gardens. There is a silly limmerick about a headless bear.
Jane Eyre
Chapter I
by Charlotte Brontë
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.
The Mystery of Cloomber
Chapter III: “Of Our Further Acquaintance with Major-General J. B. Heatherstone”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
We meet General Heatherstone and his family. When the narrator and his family go to pay their respects to the General, they are unwelcomed.
Dracula
Chapter 22
by Bram Stoker
The group works to sterilize the boxes as quickly as possible. Mina is tormented by her “unclean” status, and contemplates her fate.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Chapter 20”
by Mark Twain
The duke and the dauphin inquire about Jim. Huck and Jim get to the a performance by the duke and the dauphin.
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.
Main Street
Chapter 27
by Sinclair Lewis
Carol is befriended by Maud Dyer, who proceeds to ridicule Nat Hick's assistant tailor, Erik Valborg.
Jane Eyre
Chapter VI
by Charlotte Brontë
On Jane’s second morning at Lowood, the girls are unable to wash, as the water in their pitchers is frozen. Jane quickly learns that life at the school is harsh. The girls are underfed, overworked, and forced to sit still during seemingly endless sermons. Still, she takes comfort in her new friendship with Helen, who impresses Jane with her expansive knowledge and her ability to patiently endure even the cruelest treatment from Miss Scatcherd. Helen tells Jane that she practices a doctrine of Christian endurance, which means loving her enemies and accepting her privation. Jane disagrees strongly with such meek tolerance of injustice, but Helen takes no heed of Jane’s arguments. Helen is self-critical only because she sometimes fails to live up to her ascetic standards: she believes that she is a poor student and chastises herself for daydreaming about her home and family when she should be concentrating on her studies.
Winesburg, Ohio
Sophistication, concerning Helen White
by Sherwood Anderson
George Willard experiences "a moment of sophistication" and sets out to find Helen White.
Winesburg, Ohio
Nobody Knows, concerning Louise Trunnion
by Sherwood Anderson
George's visit with Louise Trunnion fills him with a sense of pride and embarrassment.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 5: “The Musgrave Ritual”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Two of Musgrave’s domestic servants disappear after he catches the butler looking at the Musgrave ritual. He asks for Holmes’s assistance in finding them.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 33: Jo's Journal
by Louisa May Alcott
Jo, now in New York, writes her family to tell them of her experiences.
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
Chapter 6: "The First Hebrew Algebra"
by Mary Everest Boole
A brief history of Hebrew algebra.
The Woman in White
EPOCH THREE: “The Story Concluded by Walter Hartright, Part I”
by Wilkie Collins
The return to Limmeridge house and the truth revealed.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter XIII
by Jane Austen
Chapter XIII makes us feel tense and worried that Catherine will cave in to the inconsiderate demands of James, Isabella, and John. When John lies to the Tilneys, telling them that Catherine cannot go for a walk, he confirms our opinion of him as a selfish, conceited twit.
Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 4: Burdens
by Louisa May Alcott
A good deal of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy's personalities are divulged to the reader.