Great Expectations
Chapter 47
by Charles Dickens
Pip continues to worry for Magwitch's safety. Pip fears he is being followed.
Pip continues to worry for Magwitch's safety. Pip fears he is being followed.
Tom and Becky are found and the cave is sealed off, presumably with Injun Joe inside.
Huck seeks help in order to protect the Widow Douglas. Tom and Becky are discovered missing.
Why the kangaroo is very fast on land.
With the arrival of the Christmas recess, Edwin and Rosa come to an agreement in regards to their relationship. Edward devises a plan to break the news to Jasper.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. Marmaduke gets tonsilitis and has to stay in bed. One night he meets a fairy who sings to him and takes him around the world.
Black Beauty describes his time at the horse fair and introduction to a new master.
Jurgis returns with a midwife, but the baby is dead and Ona is dying. After Ona's death, Jurgis leaves the house intending to drink.
Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon passes by the little store. Hepzibah is also visited by Uncle Venner who gives her advise on shopkeeping. At the end of the day, Phoebe arrives unaware that the letter she sent in advance never arrived. Hepzibah tells her she can only stay one night because she might disturb Clifford.
"The Internal Slave Trade." Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852.
The narrator describes the moonlit nights leading up to March and thereafter.
Dorian tries to escape his troubles. He is recognized by more people than he bargained for, but manages to get away.
Rawdon has a request for Pitt. Macmurdo attempts to calm Rawdon.
Catherine prepares to leave for Northanger Abbey with the Tilneys. She is nervous and tries to be on her best behavior. Not all is expected about the Tilney home.
Tired and hungry, the narrator emerges from hiding to find the scene eerily silent.
David and Miss Betsey go to Canterbury.
Archer pays a visit to the Countess at her home, where they discuss the many difficulties of life in New York.
The contents of the sealed packet are revealed, much to everyone’s delight. The boys return home, with future adventures in store.
The professor is confused as to which is the lion and which is the gardner.
How Blockhead-Hans won the princess over his two cleverer brothers.
Althesa helps her servant find freedom.
Tom continues to look for distractions. Tom finds himself suddenly ill.
Caderousse breaks into the house of the Count of Monte Cristo.
Carton overhears Madame Defarge's plan at the wine shop. Carton helps to secure safe passage for Lucie and Dr. Manette.
Oliver witnesses a funeral and decides the undertaking business may not be for him.