The Light Princess
Story 2: “Won’t I Just?”
by George MacDonald
The king forgets to invite his sister to the christening of his new child. She becomes very angry and puts a curse on the little princess.
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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.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 26: The Story Club Is Formed
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
In an attempt to help improve Diana's imagination, The Story Club is formed.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Told to the Children
Chapter 9: Eliza Among the Quakers
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Eliza, continuing on her journey to Canada, receives some assistance from the Quakers. Eliza receives news regarding her husband, George.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 80: The Accusation
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Monsieur Noirtier's servant dies.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Chapter 19
by Mark Twain
Aunt Polly confronts Tom for his dishonesty after paying a visit to Mrs. Harper. Aunt Polly discovers Tom's note. Tom's attempt to reconcile with Becky do not go as planned.
Moby Dick
Chapter 129: The Cabin
by Herman Melville
Pip attempts to follow Ahab as he paces the deck of the ship.
Humour and Dialect
Possum Trot
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"I ‘ve journeyed ‘roun’ consid’able, a–seein’ men an’ things,"
Romeo and Juliet
Act 1, Scene 1
by William Shakespeare
A chance meeting of the Capulets and Montagues results in armed conflict on the streets of Verona. Benvolio informs the elder Montague of his Romeo's condition.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
Rain in Summer
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This poem uses the rain to describe time as eternal.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Nature’s Violet Children”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about violets who were picked from their home in the forest and brought to little girl’s house. With the help of sunlight and a caged canary, the violets thought positively and blossomed.
Poems of Emily Brontë
Faith and Despondency
by Emily Brontë
A father and child discuss death.
Silas Marner
Part 2, Chapter 19
by George Eliot
Godfrey and Nancy arrive at Silas' cottage attempting to make amends for the past.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the Third: The Track of a Storm—Chapter 11: Dusk
by Charles Dickens
Darnay is escorted back to his cell. There is little hope of compassion for the condemned Darnay.
Whitefoot the Woodmouse
"Making Over an Old House"
by Thornton W. Burgess
Whitefoot and his new spouse begin to build a roof on the nest to make it into a proper home.
The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat
Chapter 21
by Ross Kay
At night the boys notice a man prowling around their motor-boat. Sam had a suspicion the boat would not be able to enter the race. Now all the boys feel that something is wrong with their motor-boat.
Dracula
Chapter 5
by Bram Stoker
Mina, Jonathan’s girlfriend, writes letters back and forth to her friend Lucy about the young men in her life, Dr. Jack Seward and Quincey Morris. Arthur Holmwood introduced Lucy to Quincey Morris.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Snow-Man
by Andrew Lang
A snow-man learns about the world and his future from the yard dog.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter XXV
by Jane Austen
All seems to be well at dinner later that evening, but Catherine receives a troubling letter from her brother, James.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Bells
by Edgar Allan Poe
"Hear the sledges with the bells—"
Pygmalion
Act 4
by George Bernard Shaw
Higgins and Pickering's conversation angers Eliza.
Flatland
Part 1, Section 6: Of Recognition by Sight
by Edwin A. Abbott
The author continues to use geometric shapes to describe Flatland’s population.
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.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To Maecenas."
by Phillis Wheatley
MAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade,
The Secret Garden
Chapter 5: “The Cry in the Corridor”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary continues to look for the secret garden. Martha tells her more about it and about its history. The master’s wife used to climb a tree and fell from it one day causing her death. After that, the master locked the garden forever.