Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Pink
by Grimm Brothers
A queen's prayers are answered, but is betrayed by her cook.
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The Outdoor Girls in Florida
Chapter VII: "Off for Florida"
by Laura Lee Hope
News of Will distresses the family. Mr. Ford calls on friends to aid in the investigation. The girls have a farewell tea for friends before their departure.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 5: Problems of the Young Teacher
by Thomas E. Sanders
The mis-steps a young teacher can avoid while developing their own confident style of teaching.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Chapter 11”
by Mark Twain
Huck learns that Pap is a suspect in his "murder" and that there is a bounty for Jim. Jackson Island is no longer safe for Huck and Jim.
A Little Princess
Chapter 2: A French Lesson
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The rest of the girls are introduced to Sara Crewe. Sara's first French lesson does not go as Miss Minchin planned.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 11: “They Meet the Wooden Gargoyles”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and her friends come upon the flying gargoyles (or “gurgles” as she calls them).
The Four Million
"A Service of Love"
by O. Henry
A couple unknowingly makes sacrifices for one another.
Pygmalion
Act 2
by George Bernard Shaw
Eliza pays a visit to Higgins and Pickering.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 8: A Chapter of Horrors
by Frederick Douglass
Mr. Gore is more severe in his treatment of the slaves than his predecessor.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 15: The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
No one is more excited about the homecoming of Erastus Smith, than his old childhood sweetheart Sally Martin.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter IX: “Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale studies the relationships forming between Hollingsworth, Zenobia, and Priscilla. He tries to exert his own influence within this circle.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 23: Truth Stranger than Fiction
by William Wells Brown
Ellen and Jane Morton, Althesa's children, are sold after Henry Morton dies from Yellow Fever.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
To the River Charles
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow uses the river as a metaphor for life and friendship.
The Marble Faun
Chapter XXVI: “The Pedigree of Monte Beni”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Kenyon discovers many peculiarities and occurances regarding the family history of the Counts of Monte Beni.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 22: “How the Wizard Found Dorothy”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the animals meet up with the rest of their party and she tells them the adventures of the day. The next morning, the group sets off again. They arrive at the Rigmarole Town, the town where people speak in long drawn-out speeches.
Behind the Scenes
Chapter 1: Where I Was Born
by Elizabeth Keckley
The author discusses the place of her birth and her memories of her parents.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Seventh, Chapter 6
by Victor Hugo
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.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 19: “The Wizard Performs Another Trick”
by L. Frank Baum
Eureka finally comes clean with the truth.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 33: The Hotel Concert
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne overcomes her stage fright to give a recital at a local upscale hotel.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Mirror of Matsuyama
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A husband gives his wife a mirror, and when she is on her deathbed, she gives it to her daughter. The daughter thinks she sees her mother’s soul in it and spends much time staring into it after her father remarries. The stepmother begins resenting the daughter’s relationship with her father and starts to hate her; she thinks the daughter is doing black magic to curse her, and she tells the father of it. The father confronts the daughter, and he finally realizes that the daughter is innocent and is simply still brokenhearted over her mother’s death. The stepmother is moved by the daughter’s story to renounce her hate, and the father, stepmother, and daughter finally become a happy family.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 43: “The Battle of the Sand Belt”
by Mark Twain
The Yankee sends word to all factories to evacuate all personnel for he plans to bomb the factories with secret mines. All of England is against the Yankee and plans to fight against him. When the boys are unsure, the Yankee reassures the boys that they will only have to fight the hated nobility.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 3: Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Becky Sharp is introduced to Joseph Sedley.
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.
Whitefoot the Woodmouse
"Whitefoot Finds a Home at Last"
by Thornton W. Burgess
Whitefoot decides to leave the small hole and search for his own home. As he heads up the tree he finds a storehouse and eats some of the seeds. Timmy wakes up and finds Whitefoot and tells him about his old home in a nearby stub.
Oliver Twist
Chapter 39: Introduces Some Respectable Characters With Whom the Reader is Already Acquainted, and Shows How Monks and the Jew Laid Their Worthy Heads Together.
by Charles Dickens
Nancy overhears a conversation between Monks and Fagin, prompting her to pay a visit to Mrs. Maylie.