The War of the Worlds
Book Two—The Earth Under the Martians, Chapter 10: The Epilogue
by H.G. Wells
The narrator continues to examine the positive and negative results of the Martian attack, as well as the questions that remain unanswered.
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Behind the Scenes
Chapter 11: The Assassination of President Lincoln
by Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth receives bad news regarding the President and his cabinet.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 31: Where the Brook and River Meet
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne returns to her last year of school in Avonlea. Marilla begins to miss the younger, more imaginative Anne as her departure from Avonlea comes closer.
Main Street
Chapter 5
by Sinclair Lewis
Will and Carol attend a part at Sam Clark's house where they are introduced to the young up and comers of Gopher Prairie. Carol finds the conservative opinions of Gopher Prairie's citizens to be contrary to her own.
Squinty, the Comical Pig
Chapter 4: “Squinty Gets Home”
by Richard Barnum
Squinty continues to wander lost in a corn field. Squinty’s family notices that he’s gone, as does the farmer. He sends the dog after Squinty. Squinty returns home.
Flappers and Philosophers
The Ice Palace
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sally Carrol thinks that she wants a different life than the one she leads in the South, with a man who isn't like the boys she grew up with. Her engagement to Henry and her trip North show her what that different life would be like.
Dracula
Chapter 15
by Bram Stoker
Van Helsing tries to convince the others of what Lucy has become. They agree to work with him to try to stop what is happening.
Ethan Frome
Chapter 8
by Edith Wharton
Ethan is plagued with indecision and doubt.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter VIII: “The Pyncheon of To-day”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Phoebe meets her cousin, Judge Pyncheon. Although he smiles at her she recalls what Holgrave told her about a photograph revealing one’s true nature. Phoebe makes a connection between the Judge and the late Colonel. The Judge offers to help Clifford and Hepzibah financially, but Hepzibah refuses.
Behind the Scenes
Chapter 13: The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln
by Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth recounts Mr. Douglas' attempted courting of Miss Mary Todd.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Chapter 8: “The Menace of the Forest”
by L. Frank Baum
The friends encounter a hungry jaguar that threatens to eat Woot. Woot uses the magic apron to escape.
Dracula
Chapter 9
by Bram Stoker
Mina and Jonathan marry. Mina and Lucy write each other. Dr. Seward tells more about Renfield. Arthur leaves Lucy to take care of is father. Dr. Jack Seward and Dr. VanHelsing care for Lucy who goes from better to worse.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XXVI: “Zenobia and Coverdale”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Zenobia breaks down and asks Coverdale to relay a message to Hollingsworth before disappearing into the woods.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Goblin of Adachigahara
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A priest looks for lodging in the night and is given shelter by an old woman. She goes to gather more wood, and she tells him not to look in the back room. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he looks in the room and sees horrible things. He realizes she is the Goblin of Adachigahara, and flees. She chases him through the night, but he prays to Buddha and keeps running. Morning dawns, making the goblin disappear, and the priest is safe.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Water of Life
by Andrew Lang
Three brothers and one sister work hard to build a palace. They are happy until a visitor tells them what their palace is missing. Each sets out in turn to bring back the water of life, the tree of beauty, and the talking bird. Unfortunately each of the brothers is unsuccessful, and all seems lost until the sister manages to make her way to the mountaintop.
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Jelly-Bean
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jelly-Bean, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story following Jim Powell, an excessive gambler and outcast who has given up on polite society, as he tries to impress his new love interst, Nancy Lamar.
Physics
Book 2
by Aristotle
The author discusses the meaning of ‘nature’.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 17: “The Nine Tiny Piglets”
by L. Frank Baum
We learn more about a parade, tricks, games. Jim loses a race.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter VIII: “A Modern Arcadia”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale compares the feminine characteristics of Zenobia and Priscilla. He discusses the plan for the community at Blithedale, and the reaction of those outside the community.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 38: On the Shelf
by Louisa May Alcott
Meg and John's marriage experiences another crisis. Marmee's advice yields positive results for Meg and John.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 39: Lazy Laurence
by Louisa May Alcott
Amy, realizing that Laurie is heart broken, gently reprimands Laurie for his behavior.
A Florida Sketch-Book
Chapter 4: “Along the Hillsborough”
by Bradford Torrey
The narrator describes his favorite road at New Smyrna. He mentions the river that runs along the road and the birds he has seen there.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 12: “How They Matched the Fuddles”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and her friends continue on their way and meet a mittenless kangaroo. She tells the gang about the Fuddles in the nearby town of Fuddlecumjig. The people of that town literally fall to pieces when strangers come to visit. Dorothy and her friends matched some of the townspeople, sat down to dinner, and continued on their way.
Dickens' Christmas Stories
The Haunted House: The Ghost in Master B.’s Room
by Charles Dickens
The narrator tells of his growing fascination with Master B, as well as the series of events following the appearance of the ghost.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
How disobedience ruined the life of Urashima Taro.