Poems and Limericks of Edward Lear
“The Jumblies”
by Edward Lear
A poem about a fairy tale journey to find the mythical Jumblies.
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The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 12: “The War With the North-Kings”
by James Baldwin
How Siegfried turned war into feasting.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Seventh, Chapter 3
by Victor Hugo
Quasimodo's passion for the bells greatly decreases following his punishment at the pillories. When his enthusiasm finally returns it is only for a brief period.
Dickens' Christmas Stories
The Chimes, a Goblin Story
by Charles Dickens
This is a greatly abridged children's version of Dickens' 1844 Christmas novella. An old fellow named Trotty thinks the church bells are talking to him when they chime each quarter hour. When he visits the church to see why they are saying things to him he has a dream in which the bells really do speak to him, and the dream changes Trotty’s life.
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
“Chapter 2”
by Carveth Read, M.A.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 24: Twenty One Months in Great Britain
by Frederick Douglass
With his newfound liberty in jeopardy, Mr. Douglass departs for Great Britain.
Deductive Logic
Part 3: Chapter 11
by George William Joseph Stock, M.A.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 22: “The Banquet”
by Lewis Carroll
The narrator takes a walk in the country lost in his memories. He visits the old man sitting on the porch.
Dracula
Chapter 7
by Bram Stoker
A great storm in Whitby and a ship with its dead captain comes on shore. The cargo consisits of wooden boxes and a dog that jumps off the boat and disappears. The captain’s log tells about the horror that took place on the ship. The boat is claimed by a group of Russians. The town holds a funeral for the captain and a normally quiet dog is terrified. Lucy is bothered and continues dreaming and sleepwalking.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter IX: “Clifford and Phoebe”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Phoebe begins to brighten up the lives of Hepzibah and Clifford.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 37: The Subject Continued
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Rebecca makes a deal before returning to London. Rebecca and Rawdon make arrangements with Mr. Raggles. Rebecca receives word of Miss Crawley's death and inheritence.
The Pink Fairy Book
The Flying Trunk
by Andrew Lang
A merchant’s son spends his inheritance frivolously. He is lucky enough to get a present from a friend - a flying trunk. He uses the trunk to meet a princess, and to try to impress her. He tells the sultan and sultana a story, which pleases them. He puts on a fireworks display to impress all the people, but doesn’t consider the consequences.
Poems of Emily Brontë
The Night-Wind
by Emily Brontë
The wind pays visit to the speaker, bringing thoughts of life and death.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 7: Anne Says Her Prayers
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Marilla begins her upbringing of Anne.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Chapter 22
by Mark Twain
Tom continues to look for distractions. Tom finds himself suddenly ill.
Flatland
Part 2, Section 16: How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland
by Edwin A. Abbott
The author describes what the stranger tells him of Spaceland.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 6: “Willie’s Wife”
by Lewis Carroll
The narrator, Sylvie, and Bruno meet Willie’s wife.
Silas Marner
Part 2, Chapter 18
by George Eliot
A discovery is made at the stone pits. Godfrey divulges his secret to Nancy.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Three Sundays in a Week
by Edgar Allan Poe
Captain Pratt sets off on an adventure circling the globe.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 5: “How Dorothy Became a Princess”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and Toto return to Oz and are greeted by all of their friends. The next day, Dorothy and Ozma wait for Uncle Henry and Aunt Em to arrive in the throne room at the palace. The elderly couple are greeted by Ozma and the royal subjects.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 29
by Jack London
Now on "Endeavor Island", Hump and Maud are determined to make the best of the situation.
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
Chapter 8: “Grandfather Frog Watches His Toes”
by Thornton W. Burgess
Grandfather Frog didn’t believe the young animals, so he conducted an experiment and found they were correct. The Smiling Pool was receding.
Silas Marner
Part 1, Chapter 2
by George Eliot
Silas isolates himself from all companionship, focusing on his work instead.
Selected American and British Poems
Snow Bound - A Winter Idyl
by John Greenleaf Whittier
As a way to pass the time during a raging snowstorm, family members exchange stories by the fireside.
Physics
Book 5
by Aristotle
The author describes change and motion.