The Secret Garden
Chapter 25: “The Curtain”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
We discover more about the robin. Mary and Colin are transformed into happy delightful children. Colin has opened the drapes in his room that covered his mother’s portrait.
We discover more about the robin. Mary and Colin are transformed into happy delightful children. Colin has opened the drapes in his room that covered his mother’s portrait.
The author reflects on his family's experiences as slaves and the circumstances into which he was born.
Upon returning from their exploration, the boys discover the canoes missing. Sumner decides to shoot a racoon.
The group continues tracking Magua. Disaster is narrowly averted when Gamut is discovered in the forest.
Jo and Professor Bhear divulge their true feelings to one another.
Siegfried’s life in Nibelungen.
With the arrival of spring, Thoreau finally departs from Walden Pond.
The Yankee and Clarence come upon a town of poorly-dressed peasants and a huge procession. They follow the procession to the castle. The Yankee assumes that the castle is an asylum.
Two brothers serves as soldiers to a king.
Two servants, Miss Abbott and Bessie Lee, escort Jane to the red-room, and Jane resists them with all of her might. Once locked in the room, Jane catches a glimpse of her ghastly figure in the mirror, and, shocked by her meager presence, she begins to reflect on the events that have led her to such a state. She remembers her kind Uncle Reed bringing her to Gateshead after her parents’ death, and she recalls his dying command that his wife promise to raise Jane as one of her own. Suddenly, Jane is struck with the impression that her Uncle Reed’s ghost is in the room, and she imagines that he has come to take revenge on his wife for breaking her promise. Jane cries out in terror, but her aunt believes that she is just trying to escape her punishment, and she ignores her pleas. Jane faints in exhaustion and fear.
Becky is ambitious once again. Amelia sends correspondence to Dobbin. Becky reveals a note to Amelia before Dobbin's arrival.
Young Carol has grown older, but her health has been in decline.
The narrator of the Novel, Humphrey Van Weyden, finds himself in a very precarious situation before he is rescued by a passing sealing ship.
Hunger turns to desperation, until the men find water. Unfortunate events lead to further troubles.
Jip, having picked up the scent of the boy's uncle, guides the ship to his location.
A fairy tale about the gnome Rubezahl who tried to understand the trickery of man by capturing a princess and marrying her.
The red haired fisherman shares his story. Doctor Dolittle takes the fisherman home. For there efforts, both the doctor and Jip receive tokens of gratitude.
With the party now stranded at Fort Kearney, Fix presents a proposal to Phileas. The travelers continue heading east but still do not arrive in time to board the China.
The narrator describes his stay on Daytona Beach and what he saw there — from birds to plays to scenery.
While still in London with Steerforth, David pays a visit to Peggotty and receives good news about Little Em'ly and Ham.
The narrator describes visiting the Murat estate.
The duke and the dauphin continued to perfect their craft. Huck witnesses a shooting.
Jo and Meg decision to attend a New Year's Eve party causes quite a commotion.
An Irishman meets an enchanted princess and has to overcome obstacles to finally marry her.