Northanger Abbey
Chapter XXIX
by Jane Austen
On the way home, Catherine tries to figure out what offence she could have caused the General to make him change plans.
On the way home, Catherine tries to figure out what offence she could have caused the General to make him change plans.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story Marmaduke and his friends travel to China through the hole they dug.
Alice and Ruth ponder the identities of the two missing girls. An incident on the ship has the passengers preparing to load the lifeboats.
Du Bois tells about his son who died as a young baby.
Polynesia comes up with a plan to deal with Ben Butcher.
The morning arrives with no fresh invitations from James, Isabella, and John. Catherine goes on her walk with Henry and Eleanor. The Tilneys discuss the landscape in terms of drawing, and Catherine soon finds herself out of her element.
Catherine meets with Isabella for the first time in three days. Isabella tells Catherine that she has received a letter from John, stating his intention to propose to Catherine.
The narrator goes to his Club and meets up with an old friend. Later, the narrator walks through the gardens and imprisons an elf and discovers it to be Bruno.
The author describes the beauty and benefits of the mountains.
The weather once again changes for the better, quenching the thirst of the Mariner. The crew, although changed, continue to perform their assigned duties.
An impoverished young man named Aladdin is recruited by a sorcerer to retrieve a lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin keeps the lamp for himself, and discovers that it summons a surly djinn that is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp. With the aid of the djinn, Aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries princess Badroulbadour. The sorcerer returns and is able to get his hands on the lamp by tricking Aladdin’s wife, who is unaware of the lamp’s importance. Aladdin discovers a lesser, polite djinn is summoned by a ring loaned to him by the sorcerer but forgotten during the double-cross. Assisted by the lesser djinn, Aladdin recovers his wife and the lamp.
After a struggle, Mr. Dunn is finally rescued. The troupe encounters a strange animal while traveling downstream.
In an attempt to be invited into a country club, George and Myra extend a dinner invitation.
Jehan encounters Captain Phoebus in the street and head off to find a suitable pub. Claude Frollo follows, curious at having heard the name Phoebus. Phoebus informs Jehan of his upcoming date with Esmeralda.
Bruno and Sylvie and My Lady talk to the Baron about the military and then decide to take a walk and have a picnic in the gardens.
A prince and his mother set off into the world after the king’s death. The son is brave and clever, while his mother is a coward. She tricks him to help a robber in order to save her own life. The prince rescues a princess, and in turn is rescued by the princess. They are wed, and would live happily, but curiosity leads them both into trouble once more.The prince must find his way back to the princess and avenge himself against the robber and the wrongs committed by his mother.
Sylvie, Bruno, and the Other Professor continue chatting.
The narrator describes the processing of the whale carcass.
Danglars and Fernand talk about a plan to destroy Dantes happiness.
George gets updated on current affairs while Myra sleeps.
The narrator describes the moonlit nights leading up to March and thereafter.
Jurgis is charged with assault and battery, and spends Christmas Eve in jail.