Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 14: Anne's Confession
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne is punished after Marilla's broach goes missing
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Babbitt
Chapter 3
by Sinclair Lewis
George Babbitt departs for work after a brief discussion with his neighbor, Mr. Littlefield.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 24: “The Beggar’s Return”
by Lewis Carroll
The beggar returns to visit the Emperor.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Chapter VI: “The Adventure of Black Peter”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A gruesome murder occurs in Forest Row and Police Inspector Stanley Hopkins asks Holmes for help. When Peter Carey’s (also called Black Peter) tobacco pouch is found at the scene of the crime, Holmes investigates.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the Second: The Golden Thread—Chapter 19: An Opinion
by Charles Dickens
Lorry and Miss Pross discuss the relapse with Dr. Manette. Steps are taken to prevent further relapses.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 5: Old Abe's Conversion
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Reverend Abram Dixon's only son, Robert, becomes a minister by going to college. When he comes home to visit Robert proves to his father that his way of preaching is as effective as his fathers, even though they have very different views.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 11: “How the General Met the First and Foremost”
by L. Frank Baum
Guph goes to visit the Phanfasms. The First and Foremost Phanfasm and the others agrees to help, but secretly plans to use the tunnel, conquer Oz themselves, kill the Nomes, Growleywogs, and Whimsies, and control the world.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 2: One Christmas at Shiloh
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mrs. Mixon leaves her home to move to the North where she can be somebody, leaving her lazy husband behind. She tells him if he ever makes something of himself to come find her. Come Christmastime the pastor at Mrs. Mixon's new church asks her to host a strange guest preacher who is coming to visit.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 7
by Jonathan Swift
The author’s great love of his native country. His master’s observations upon the constitution and administration of England, as described by the author, with parallel cases and comparisons. His master’s observations upon human nature.
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 4: “The Interview”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester and her husband come face to face for the first time when he is called to her prison cell to provide medical assistance.
The Jungle
Chapter 24
by Upton Sinclair
Jurgis is invited home by an intoxicated man who gives him a hundred dollar bill. Jurgis recognizes the man as the son of a former supervisor at the packing plant.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 6: “The Man with the Twisted Lip”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Watson finds Holmes in an opium den when looking for a friend who had been missing. Holmes is studying a case in which a man disappeared from the upstairs room of the den. All that was found was a deformed man with a limp and traces of the man’s blood and clothes with no apparent violence.
Main Street
Chapter 32
by Sinclair Lewis
A minor incident at the barn dance has dire consequences for Fern Mullins. Fern, confident she will be fired, resigns and leaves town.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 13: The Hundred Days
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Napoleon returns to Paris for his hundred day rein. Morrel visitis Villefort to plead for Dantes' release.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 1, Chapter 13: Some Figures
by Jules Verne
Captain Nemo presents the blueprints of the Nautilus to Aronnax in the hopes of answering his questions further.
Agnes Grey
Chapter II: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
by Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey meets the family for which she will be governess. The mistress and children are not quite what she expected.
Tik-Tok of Oz
Chapter 13: “The Jinjin’s Just Judgment”
by L. Frank Baum
The next morning, The Citizen sends the adventurers on their way along with the Instrument of Vengeance (which will take away Ruggedo’s powers and make him a homeless wanderer on earth). He selected Quox, a young dragon, as the Instrument. The adventurers, now riding Quox, began their long journey yet again.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Act 2, Scene 1
by William Shakespeare
Brutus fears that power will change Caesar. Brutus receives a letter. Cassius pays a visit to Brutus accompanied by men of a common goal.
Crime and Punishment
Part 3, Chapter 5
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Razumikhin is embaressed by Raskolikov's behavior. Porfiry questions Raskolikov about the crime at the pawnbrokers.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 3: Securing a Position
by Thomas E. Sanders
How the young teacher can go about finding a job as a teacher.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 26: “‘It’s Mother!’”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mrs. Sowerby visits the garden. Everyone notices how much Colin looks like his mother. Mary and Colin embrace Mrs. Sowerby and wish that she were their mothers.
The Merchant of Venice
Merchant of Venice: Act 3, Scene 2
by William Shakespeare
In Belmont, Bassanio attempts to win the hand of Portia. Nerissa and Graziano make a suggestion to Portia and Bassanio in regards to their impending nuptials. A letter arrives from Antonio prompting Bassanio to depart for Venice.
Babbitt
Chapter 26
by Sinclair Lewis
George encounters Seneca Doane on the train back to Zenith. George attempts to help Riesling with his legal matters, but is met with resistance from an embittered Zilla. George refuses to allow his son to transfer schools.
The Age of Innocence
Part 2, Chapter 25
by Edith Wharton
Upon arriving in New York, Newland is surprised to meet an acquaintance from London.
The Four Million
"Tobin's Palm"
by O. Henry
A palmist's predictions come true.