The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 73: The Promise
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Madame de Saint-Meran falls ill and dies, the doctor treating her suspects foul play.
Madame de Saint-Meran falls ill and dies, the doctor treating her suspects foul play.
Raskolnikov visits Porfiry Petrovich at the police station, presenting him with a request for the items from the pawnbroker's shop.
The Time Traveller, concerned with the disappearance of the time machine, searches frantically for his invention. The Time Traveller inquires about the sphinx statue, and reconsiders his previous theories. Through a heroic act, the Time Traveller makes a friend. The Time Traveller encounters another creature from the future.
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Marianne is thrilled by the prospect of an anticipated visitor’s arrival, but Elinor is doubtful and critical of the return.
As Dantes becomes desperate in his dungeon cell, his neighboring prisoner rescues him.
Pip dines with Jaggers and learns of Estella's marriage.
Oliver and Nancy proceed to Bill Sikes' house. Sikes gives a stern warning to Oliver.
In Suez, Detective Fox anxiously awaits the arrival of the Mongolia, believing the guilty party is on board. Passepartout approaches Detective Fix in an attempt to locate the British Consulate.
After the funerals of Monsieur and Madame de Saint-Meran, Monsieur de Villefort begins to arrange the marriage of Valetine.
Jo, now in New York, writes her family to tell them of her experiences.
The Jelly-Bean, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story following Jim Powell, an excessive gambler and outcast who has given up on polite society, as he tries to impress his new love interst, Nancy Lamar.
Hump and Maud continue their work on the Ghost, as Larsen's health takes another downturn.
Bruno tells a story to the farmer’s wife while the narrator and Sylvie meet up with the farmer’s children in the orchard.
A king is determined to have a child, so his queen sees an old woman who helps her to bear a child through enchantment. There are limitations—the king and queen cannot see their child until she is fourteen. The king decides to break this rule of the contract, and the princess dies. He is then forced to put her body in the church with a sentinel standing guard. However, finding a sentinel starts to become a challenge when those who volunteer disappear. A young smith who wishes to show his bravery is the first to last the night, and his drunken bravery earns him rewards.
The narrator reveals some detail about his own past, as well as introducing his friend, Pesca, and the circumstances of their meeting.
The Nome King begins work on his tunnel while General Guph visits the Whimsies. The Chief Whimsie agrees to help the Nomes conquer the Emerald City.
The Yankee is bothered by his armor and becomes irritable. The woman, Sandy, is annoying him with her constant inane babble.
As Linton becomes more ill, Edgar admits that he wishes Cathy to be happy, even if it means marrying Linton. When Linton never visits the Grange, Edgar allows Cathy to visit him at the moors.
Ishmael ponders the dangers of the sea.
The stranger reveils the true nature of his injuries. The situation turns violent. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Du Bois discusses the progression of the black man after emancipation.
An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.
A fisherman and his wife encounter a magical fish.
One evening, David is called into the Steerforth home, where he is told news about Little Em'ly.