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The author’s love of his country. He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king, which is rejected. The king’s great ignorance in politics. The learning of that country very imperfect and confined. The laws, and military affairs, and parties in the state.

The Marble Faun

Chapter XXXIV: “Market-Day in Perugia”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Donatello and Kenyon wander through the markets in Perugia.

The Marble Faun

Chapter VIII: “The Suburban Villa”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The author describes the villa and the surrounding scenery.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chapter 11: A Picture and a Ring

by Charles Dickens

Edwin Drood visits the Staple Inn, where he is invited to stay for dinner. Grewgious bestows a valuable gift upon Edwin.

The Blithedale Romance

Chapter XV: “A Crisis”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hollingsworth and Coverdale face-off regarding the ideas of philanthropy held by the former and opposed by the latter.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Book First, Chapter 5

by Victor Hugo

Quasimodo is elected Pope of Fools and is subsequently paraded through the street on a mock throne.

Half-Past Seven Stories

Story 3: "The Jolly Roger"

by Robert Gordon Anderson

A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story the rain keeps the children indoors until they turn the thought of a flood into an imaginative game in which they are pirates on a ship.

Babbitt

Chapter 8

by Sinclair Lewis

George and Myra decide to throw a dinner party the local "intellects".

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter 21

by Mark Twain

While Mr. Dobbins plans for the school's final exam, the boys form a plan to get back at Mr. Dobbins.

David Copperfield

Chapter 18: A Retrospect

by Charles Dickens

David reminisces about his experiences in at Canterbury.

Anne of Green Gables

Chapter 28: An Unfortunate Lily Maid

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The reenactment of a piece of poetry results in a near disaster. Gilbert Blythe shows up just in time, but he is still not forgiven by Anne.

Main Street

Chapter 39

by Sinclair Lewis

Carol reluctantly returns to Gopher Prairie, where she is welcomed back by many of the townspeople. Carol becomes active in local activities, and soon gives birth to her daughter. Although much time has passed, life in Gopher Prairie proceeds as it always has.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Landor's Cottage

by Edgar Allan Poe

The narrator describes the other worldly nature of Landor's Cottage.

Gulliver's Travels

Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 10

by Jonathan Swift

The author’s economy, and happy life, among the Houyhnhnms. His great improvement in virtue by conversing with them. Their conversations. The author has notice given him by his master, that he must depart from the country. He falls into a swoon for grief; but submits. He contrives and finishes a canoe by the help of a fellow-servant, and puts to sea at a venture.