Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 2, Chapter 21: A Mass Execution
by Jules Verne
An unfortunate Warship decides to engage the Nautilus.
An unfortunate Warship decides to engage the Nautilus.
Sandy speakes of Sir Gawain. The Yankee is bored and critcizes her storytelling.
Walter and Marian save money and continue their investigations in hopes of finding justice against Sir Percival and Count Fosco. Laura slowly recovers herself.
Madame Danglers visits Villefort to talk to him about Andrea.
The narrator describes his unorthodox travels to an old cotton plantation estate.
The narrator’s sister, Esther, is frightened of the General. The narrator decribes his love of the General’s daughter, Gabriel, and the relationship between Esther and Mordaunt, the General’s son.
More on the history of nubmer systems.
Mr. Douglass is introduced to the concept of abolition.
Mary and Dickon speak in a Yorkshire dialect and Colin joins them for the first time. Colin asks Dickon about the great gray tree from which his mother fell. Ben Weatherstaff sees the children and insults Colin.
Catherine makes some discoveries about Eleanor and is disturbed by a violent storm later that evening.
Hans Pfaal goes to great lengths to escape his creditors.
Aronnax gives is account of Captain Farragut, Ned Land, and the the capabilities of the Abraham Lincoln
Catherine’s discovery is not so monumental and she takes it upon herself to learn more about the mysteries of the Tilney family.
A letter from the author to Mr. B.
Pierre Gringoire, currently studying architecture in Paris, is approached by a distraught and unhealthy Claude Frollo. Claude Frollo presents a plan to Gringoire that will allow the condemned Esmeralda to escape death. in turn, Gringoire proposes a plan of his own.
Dantes visits the Island of Monte Cristo.
Kenyon visits Donatello at the tower residence.
An engagement announcement causes at uproar.
Walter meets Mrs. Vesey and Miss Fairlie. The group travels through the countryside and Walter considers the artwork already completed by the ladies. Marian discovers something in the letters from her mother.
Hollingsworth and Coverdale face-off regarding the ideas of philanthropy held by the former and opposed by the latter.
The Babbitt family assembles for breakfast. The reader is introduced to the Babbitt children, Verona, Ted, and little Tinka.
Napoleon is blamed for a number of problems.
Issues are confronted as the foursome is once again reunited at Eliot's Pulpit.
The party takes a drastic measure in the face of starvation. Augustus succumbs to his wounds.
Pitt sends an invitation to family. Rebecca continues to make grand plans.