Black Beauty
Part 2, Chapter 30: A Thief
by Anna Sewell
A sudden decline in Black Beauty's health leads to the arrest of the stable groom.
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Wakulla, A Story of Adventure in Florida
"The Elmer Mill and Ferry Company"
by Kirk Munroe
The town establishes a mill association and names its board.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 6, Chapter 5: The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last
by Hugh Lofting
Having been visited by various sea creatures attempting to save the trapped snail, Doctor Dolittle suddenly has a breakthrough with the shellfish language.
Winesburg, Ohio
The Book of the Grotesque
by Sherwood Anderson
An aging writer ponders the many people he has met and the stories he has heard in his lifetime.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 24: “‘Let Them Laugh’”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The children agree to let Dickon’s mother (Mrs. Sowerby) in on the secret of the garden. They tell her of their large appetites and she sends them food. Mary and Colin find it difficult to maintain their charade.
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Lees of Happiness
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lees of Happiness, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story about the growing love of husband and wife, Jeffrey and Roxanne. When Jeffrey has a stroke, a close family friend frequently visits and helps the couple through the difficult time.
The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 4
by Edith Wharton
Archer and May, now newly engaged, pay a visit to their many friends and relatives. Mrs. Mingott assists May in her wedding preparations.
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.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Series Two
Love, Poem 15: The Lost Jewel
by Emily Dickinson
I held a jewel in my fingers
Geology Anthology
Plain Geology
by George Otis Smith
The author conveys his thoughts on the overuse of technical language in the discussion and explanation of the natural sciences.
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.
Stories from Around the World
“The Wonderful Hair”
by Traditional
A poor man is given instructions in his sleep as to how to become rich so that he can afford his children.
The Marble Faun
Chapter XIX: “The Faun’s Transformation”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Miriam confronts Donatello.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 3: Parentage
by Frederick Douglass
Mr. Douglass remembers his mother.
The Call of the Wild
Chapter 3: The Dominant Primordial Beast
by Jack London
Buck struggles, but continues to prevail. Spitz and Buck nearly come to blows. The sled team continues down the trail, where an undeclared war comes to a dramatic end.
The Prince
Chapter 25: What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs and How to Withstand Her
by Niccolo Machiavelli
How fortune can affect the outcome of affairs and the importance of free-will.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“The Rogue and the Herdsman”
by Andrew Lang
A lazy farm boy is able to steal sheep, pigs, and oxen from the greatest herdsman of the king. He is rewarded handsomely for his cleverness.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Johnny Speaks
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The sand–man he’s a jolly old fellow,"
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 62: Ghosts
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The guests for the Count of Monte Cristo's Auteuil party begin to arrive.
The Souls of Black Folk
Chapter 10: Of the Faith of the Fathers
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois discusses the religious growth of the black man.
Jane Eyre
Preface
by Charlotte Brontë
The preface to the book.
My Bondage and My Freedom
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?. Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852
by Frederick Douglass
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852.
A Little Princess
Chapter 3: Ermengarde
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara introduces herself to Ermengarde.
Dracula
Chapter 11
by Bram Stoker
Dr. Van Helsing gives Lucy a blood transfusion. There is an interview with a zoo keeper that describes the escape and recapture of a wolf. Dr. Seward tells of Renfield’s escape and attack on him. Lucy’s mother dies and tells of the horrible events that took place that night.