Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 3: Marilla Cuthbert is Surprised
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Marilla voices her surprise at the arrival of Anne. Anne spends her first night at the Cuthbert house.
Marilla voices her surprise at the arrival of Anne. Anne spends her first night at the Cuthbert house.
Little Red-Cap travels through the dangerous forest to visit her grandmother.
The two come upon a hut with a woman dying of smallpox. The Yankee tries to convince the king to leave, but the king will not have it. Arthur brings the dying daughter to her mother and she proceeds to tell them about the cruelty of the church and the king and how they were excommunicated.
Dorothy and the gang come upon invisible people and animals that live there. They learn not to eat the fruit.
The pig children help their mother do the laundry. When she leaves to help a sick neighbor, Curly decides to surprise her and finish the laundry. When he tries to hang up a large pillowcase, the wind picks him up into the air and into a tree.
Noah and Fagin tell Sikes the details of Nancy's meeting with Rose and Brownlow.
One bride helps another.
Dantes visits Mercedes in village of the Catalans. While Mercedes waits for Dantes, Fernand tries to convince Mercedes to marry him instead. Upon the arrival of Dantes, Fernand runs away and is stopped by Danglars and Caderousse.
The many members of the Bird family return home to visit during the holidays.
A young woman's father remarries after the death of his wife.
Mark and Ruth’s parents sell their plantation and move to Florida.
The Tin Woodman, the Tin Soldier, Woot, Scarecrow and Polychrome look for Nimmie Amee so that the two tin men can ask her to marry them. The group discovers her house but it is surrounded by an invisible wall. The Blue Rabbit and Polychrome help the group to go under the wall and get to the house.
The author describes how Brownie would fell, or chop down, a tree.
The Winged Monkeys carry Dorothy and her friends to the Emerald City. The King of the Monkeys tells Dorothy why they must grant whoever has the Magic Cap three wishes.
Squinty meets Slicko, the jumping squirrel, and comes to a road full of wagons. He discovers a circus and meets Mappo the monkey, who wants to run away.
The Murray girls tell Agnes Grey of the happenings while she was with family. Rosalie shows herself to be rather vain.
Shylock reacts to the departure of his daughter, as rumors of Disaster reach Venice.
Anne is not impressed with the service at Sunday-school.
Sara introduces herself to Ermengarde.
Dorothy and her friends come upon a tiny town made of china. They meet a small china princess and with her help, they realize how much worse their lives could be.
Anne is invited to tea by Mrs. Allan. Avonlea awaits the arrival of a new teacher.
In the course of his duties, Jerry encounters a true gentleman.
Old Sally makes a death-bed confession to Mrs. Corney concerning Oliver's mother.
Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Lion find their way to the Emerald City.
The Count of Monte Cristo helps Valetine survive being poisoned.