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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Part 1, Chapter 21: Some Days Ashore

by Jules Verne

The men explore the island in hopes of finding some food not available on ship. Land finally gets a chance to hunt.

Selected American and British Poems

Snow Bound - A Winter Idyl

by John Greenleaf Whittier

As a way to pass the time during a raging snowstorm, family members exchange stories by the fireside.

Physics

Book 5

by Aristotle

The author describes change and motion.

Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades

Chapter XXXII: “Crossing the ‘Glade Without Seeing Them”

by Kirk Munroe

Their journey across the Glades continues in the same way. They discuss their disappointment that they haven't seen anything of the native Indians' way of life.

Winesburg, Ohio

The Philosopher, concerning Doctor Parcival

by Sherwood Anderson

Doctor Parcival tells George of his past in Dayton, Ohio and shares the secret of human life.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Salad

by Grimm Brothers

A young hunter's kindness brings him great rewards.

Twenty Talks to Teachers

Chapter 6: Grading the School

by Thomas E. Sanders

Evaluating a schools course of study and a subject criteria for improving it.

Twenty Talks to Teachers

Chapter 13: What Makes a Good School?

by Thomas E. Sanders

The many different ways in which a teacher can judge the overall quality of a school.

Gulliver's Travels

Part Three: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 5

by Jonathan Swift

The author permitted to see the grand academy of Lagado. The academy largely described. The arts wherein the professors employ themselves.

Vanity Fair

Chapter 27: In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment

by William Makepeace Thackeray

Amelia's appearance affects George's regiment. Mrs. O'Dowd has plans for Glorvina and Jos.

The Age of Innocence

Part 1, Chapter 8

by Edith Wharton

Newland continues to learn more details about the Countess Olenska's past. The Countess and Newland talk at the Duke's reception.

The Secret Garden

Chapter 27: “In the Garden”

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mrs. Sowerby sends a note to Master Craven saying that he must travel home and see his son at once. On the trip home, he thinks back at his son’s health history and regrets not spending time with Colin. Upon his return, he goes to the garden to see his son and is delighted to see the children playing. Mary, Colin, and Archibald walk to the house happy.

Up from Slavery

Chapter 15: The Secret of Success in Public Speaking

by Booker T. Washington

The author continues his work as a public speaker while still devoting himself to the prosperity of the Tuskegee Institute.

Flatland

Part 2, Section 20: How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision

by Edwin A. Abbott

The author describes his wife's reaction to the story.

Peter Pan

Chapter 16: The Return Home

by J.M. Barrie

Having taken control of the Jolly Roger, Peter navigates the ship back to London. Wendy decides where her true place is.

Wuthering Heights

Chapter 28

by Emily Brontë

Nelly returns to the Grange after she is freed by Zillah to assure Edgar that Cathy is safe. She sends servants to bring Cathy back to the Grange, they come back empty handed. Cathy finally escapes with the help of Linton, and is reunited with Edgar right before he dies.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Eleonora

by Edgar Allan Poe

The narrator tells of his life of isolation living with his cousin and aunt.

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus

Chapter 2

by Mary Shelley

Victor grows up in a tight domestic circle, in which he flourishes, and is intrigued with the mysteries of the natural world. He begins his study of outdated alchemists and then electricity.

Little Women

Part 2, Chapter 40: The Valley of the Shadow

by Louisa May Alcott

Beth's room is prepared to make her final days as comfortable as possible. Jo's poem has a profound effect on Beth.

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Chapter 7: “Mein Herr”

by Lewis Carroll

Lady Muriel gets a visit from a German man.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 6: “The Man with the Twisted Lip”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mr. Watson finds Holmes in an opium den when looking for a friend who had been missing. Holmes is studying a case in which a man disappeared from the upstairs room of the den. All that was found was a deformed man with a limp and traces of the man’s blood and clothes with no apparent violence.

The Heart of Happy Hollow

Chapter 8: Cahoots

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

A man visiting an old Virginia grave-yard sees two monuments side by side. One monument is inscribed with the name Robert Vaughan Fairfax and 1864, and the other simply said "Cahoots" and nothing more. The man then goes to a nearby post-office to ask the man in charge about the two monuments.

Logic: Deductive and Inductive

“Chapter 5”

by Carveth Read, M.A.

Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories

The Emperor's New Clothes

by Hans Christian Andersen

The very vain Emperor in this fairy tale is tricked by a pair of thieves.

The Wind in the Willows

Wayfarers All

by Kenneth Grahame

Rat is about to leave on another adventure with the Sea Rat, but is stopped by Mole before departing.