The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Conclusion
by Mark Twain
The author's conclusion.
The author's conclusion.
A snow-man learns about the world and his future from the yard dog.
The wind pays visit to the speaker, bringing thoughts of life and death.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. A story that continues to describe the traditions of Christmas. The three children receive a special visit from Santa, who distributes their Christmas presents.
The cloak takes him to other countries and he receieves a pair of silver ears (which will let him hear things he’d never heard before). He also sees another boy for the first time.
Marilla begins her upbringing of Anne.
Sandy speakes of Sir Gawain. The Yankee is bored and critcizes her storytelling.
Elinor and Marianne think that Edward’s resolve to marry Lucy is honorable, all the more since he probably knows he will not be happy marrying her.
"Ah, yes, ‘t is sweet still to remember,"
"Villain shows his indiscretion,"
The author describes what the stranger tells him of Spaceland.
A discovery is made at the stone pits. Godfrey divulges his secret to Nancy.
Captain Pratt sets off on an adventure circling the globe.
It is full winter now: the trees are bare,
Sir Pitt and Lady Jane visit the Rawdon Crawleys in London. Rebecca's attention to Sir Pitt does not sit well with Lady Jane.
Now on "Endeavor Island", Hump and Maud are determined to make the best of the situation.
A child plays with toys in bed.
Bragi tells Siegfried the story of Aegir.
Silas isolates himself from all companionship, focusing on his work instead.
The author describes change and motion.
The Lees of Happiness, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story about the growing love of husband and wife, Jeffrey and Roxanne. When Jeffrey has a stroke, a close family friend frequently visits and helps the couple through the difficult time.
The Emperor learns to appreciate the nightingale.
Doctor Parcival tells George of his past in Dayton, Ohio and shares the secret of human life.
A husband gives his wife a mirror, and when she is on her deathbed, she gives it to her daughter. The daughter thinks she sees her mother’s soul in it and spends much time staring into it after her father remarries. The stepmother begins resenting the daughter’s relationship with her father and starts to hate her; she thinks the daughter is doing black magic to curse her, and she tells the father of it. The father confronts the daughter, and he finally realizes that the daughter is innocent and is simply still brokenhearted over her mother’s death. The stepmother is moved by the daughter’s story to renounce her hate, and the father, stepmother, and daughter finally become a happy family.
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