Agnes Grey
Chapter VII: Horton Lodge
by Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey describes her new position and the family for whom she works.
Agnes Grey describes her new position and the family for whom she works.
Walter meets Mrs. Vesey and Miss Fairlie. The group travels through the countryside and Walter considers the artwork already completed by the ladies. Marian discovers something in the letters from her mother.
As school begins at Salem House, David and Steerforth share stories. Mr. Peggotty and Ham visit David at school.
Raskolnikov has a strange conversation with Zamyotov, the police inspector, at the local diner.
A museum of fine Oriental archaeology is passed to a new owner who is a close friend of the narrator. After receiving an anonymous warning letter, the museum is robbed. The letter is a warning to the new owner to have more than one guard on watch and is written in a script similar to that of the previous owner.
Jekyll’s explanation of events. (Longmans, Green and co., 1886)
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.
Bertuccio tells his story to the Count of Monte Cristo.
A superstitious schoolteacher comes to a mysterious end in the isolated glen of Sleepy Hollow.
Horace Tarbox is known as a prodigy. He sees a plan for his life, until he meets Marcia Meadow. The knock at his door changes all the plans he thought he had.
An evil prince and his mother, the queen, conspire to kill the prince’s brother who is good, kind, and handsome. The good prince (Leander) befriends a snake, which turns into a beautiful fairy. The fairy gives him a magical cap that can turn him invisible.
Susan B. Anthony discusses her arrest for attempting to vote.
Marjorie's attempts to improve Bernice's social skills has unexpected consequences.
The Camel's Back, a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the tale of a man in love, Perry Parkhurst, who presents his girlfriend with an ultimatum: get married or end the relationship forever. After ending the relationship, a heartbroken Parkhurst attends the Citrus Ball in a camel costume, determined to win her back.
Thoreau attempts to illustrate the benefits of a simplified lifestyle.
A biography of Sir Isaac Newton.
The narrator gives a detailed description of Paris and its ever-changing architecture.
This is a narrative of William Wells Brown's life and how he came out of slavery.