The Iliad
Book 7: The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax
by Homer
Hector presents a challenge to the Achaean line. Ajax and Hector engage in battle until Zeus intervenes.
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Wuthering Heights
Chapter 21
by Emily Brontë
Three years later Nelly and Cathy visit Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff wishes Linton and Cathy to fall in love and marry. After Edgar finds out about their visit he forbids Cathy have any contact with Linton, which drives her to begin writing secret letters to him. Nelly finds Linton's letters to Cathy, destroys them, and does not tell Edgar.
Oliver Twist
Chapter 33: Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and His Friends, Experiences a Sudden Check.
by Charles Dickens
When Rose's health suddenly declines, Oliver is sent to summon Dr. Losberne.
David Copperfield
Chapter 21: Little Em'ly
by Charles Dickens
While still in London with Steerforth, David pays a visit to Peggotty and receives good news about Little Em'ly and Ham.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 50: The Morrel Family
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The Count of Monte Cristo visits Monsieur Morrel's children at their home. During his visit with Maximilian and Julie, he notices the red silk purse and diamond underneith crystal coverings.
The Olive Fairy Book
Jackal or Tiger?
by Andrew Lang
A king and his wife make a bet, but the result is unfair to the queen, who is banished to the forest. There a farmer takes her in and she raises her son until he is eighteen. He leaves in search of adventure, only to find himself at his father’s castle. He is given seemingly impossible tasks, which he completes with the help of a fairy. Finally, the king is taught the error of his ways.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 2
by Jack London
Humphrey awakens to find himself aboard the Ghost, a seal-hunter headed for Japan. The cook, Thomas Mugridge, explains the current situation aboard ship.
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore, Part II”
by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Gilmore describes the interactions between Sir Percival and the two ladies of the house. As he prepares to depart for London he takes an opportunity to speak to Laura regarding her marriage plans.
Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef
Part II, Chapter III
by James Fenimore Cooper
The group argues over the continuation of their plans. They discuss the reasons for rejoining the Swash.
Presidential Addresses and Messages
Annual Message to Congress, November 19, 1794
by George Washington
George Washington's sixth Annual Address to Congress (now known as the State of the Union Address).
Gulliver's Travels
Part Two: A Voyage to Brobdingnag: Chapter 5
by Jonathan Swift
Several adventurers that happened to the author. The execution of a criminal. The author shows his skill in navigation.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
“The Lost Special”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A man underlying a death sentence shines a light on what is called the most inexplixable crimes of the century. The case involves an abundant request of specials for any given day and the case of the disappearance of one.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XXIV: “The Masqueraders”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Upon his return to Blithedale, Coverdale stumbles upon a strange scene.
Jane Eyre
Chapter XVIII
by Charlotte Brontë
The guests stay at Thornfield for several days. Rochester and Blanche compete as a team at charades. From watching their interaction, Jane believes that they will be married soon though they do not seem to love one another. Blanche would be marrying Rochester for his wealth, and he for her beauty and her social position. One day, a strange man named Mr. Mason arrives at Thornfield. Jane dislikes him at once because of his vacant eyes and his slowness, but she learns from him that Rochester once lived in the West Indies, as he himself has done. One evening, a gypsy woman comes to Thornfield to tell the guests’ fortunes. Blanche Ingram goes first, and when she returns from her talk with the gypsy woman she looks keenly disappointed.
The Number Concept
“Chapter 2”
by Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D.
The author discusses a worldwide history of number systems.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial
by Edgar Allan Poe
The narrator's strange condition causes him to develop an acute fear.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 19: A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne and Diana's unexpected encounter with Josephine Barry leads to an unusual arrangement.
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 3: “The Recognition”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the crowd that surrounds the scaffold, Hester suddenly spots her husband, who sent her to America but never fulfilled his promise to follow her. Chillingworth makes inquiries and Hester is preached to.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Chapter 13
by Edgar Allan Poe
The party takes a drastic measure in the face of starvation. Augustus succumbs to his wounds.
Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 23: Aunt March Settles the Question
by Louisa May Alcott
Mr. Brooke pays a visit to the Marches to make a request of Meg.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 4: “The Gloria Scott”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
While in college, Holmes visits a friend and strikes a tender spot when talking to his friend’s father. This leads him into his investigation of a mystery involving blackmail.
Presidential Addresses and Messages
Farewell Address, September 19, 1796
by George Washington
George Washington's Farewell Address was written to "The People of the United States" near the end of his second term as President of the United States and before his retirement to Mount Vernon.
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 10: “The Leech and His Patient”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The inwardly tortured minister soon becomes Chillingworth’s greatest puzzle. The doctor relentlessly and mercilessly seeks to find the root of his patient’s condition.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book First, Chapter 4
by Victor Hugo
Coppenole convinces the Parisians to run the election as they do in Flanders.
Wuthering Heights
Chapter 10
by Emily Brontë
Heathcliff returns to Thrushcross Grange a few months after Catherine and Edgar were married. While Heathcliff stays at Wuthering Heights, Catherine and Isabella visit him; Isabella falls for Heathcliff in the process.
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