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.
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Gulliver's Travels
Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 9
by Jonathan Swift
A grand debate at the general assembly of the HOUYHNHNMS, and how it was determined. The learning of the HOUYHNHNMS. Their buildings. Their manner of burials. The defectiveness of their language.
Tik-Tok of Oz
Chapter 1: “Ann’s Army”
by L. Frank Baum
Queen Ann was the ruler of Oogaboo, the smallest and poorest in the land of Oz (except for the peaceful Emerald City ruled by the young Ozma). Ann decides to build an army and overtake Ozma’s throne.
The Journey to the Center of the Earth
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN
by Jules Verne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 106: Dividing the Proceeds
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Albert and Mercedes make plans for their future.
The Marble Faun
Chapter XV: “An Aesthetic Company”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A large group of artists, englishmen, tourists (as well as Kenyon, Hilda, Donatello, and Miriam) gather together for an exhibit.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Chapter III: “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Elsie marries Hilton Cubitt and tells him not to ask her about her past. She gets a letters from the United States and pictures of small dancing men start appearing everywhere around her. Holmes is brought in to get to the bottom of the pictures. From then on, things get worse until Holmes cracks the case.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 58: Our Friend the Major
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Jos and Dobbin get a good nights sleep. Dobbin prepares for a reunion of sorts.
Just So Stories
"How the Alphabet Was Made"
by Rudyard Kipling
Neolithic man Tegumai Bopsulai is out fishing with his daughter Taffy whose attempt to send a message in a drawing leads to complete misunderstanding. Taffy suggests a way of representing the sounds of the Tegumai language in pictograms. Together she and her father evolve a system using familiar objects and facial expressions, which when simplified become letters of the alphabet.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 2: “The Yellow Face”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A man asks Holmes to investigate the strange behavior of his wife.
The Four Million
"The Gift of The Magi"
by O. Henry
A couple makes personal sacrifices to give each other gifts for Christmas.
Crime and Punishment
Part 2, Chapter 2
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
An agitated Raskolnikov returns to his room where he considers, but later hides his stolen goods. Raskolnikov pays a visit to Razumikhin.
Oliver Twist
Chapter 26: In Which a Mysterious Character Appears Upon the Scene; And many Things, Inseparable From This History, Are Done and Performed.
by Charles Dickens
Fagin and Monks discuss Oliver's future.
The Souls of Black Folk
Chapter 5: Of the Wings of Atalanta
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois discusses the significance of the city of Atlanta.
The Red Badge of Courage
Chapter 22
by Stephen Crane
The enemy makes another charge. As the battle continues, Henry observes that his fellow soldiers are losing their will to fight.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 34: James Crawley’s Pipe Is Put Out
by William Makepeace Thackeray
James falls out of favor with Miss Crawley. Angered by correspondence from Rebecca, Miss Crawley makes a declaration to Pitt.
Babbitt
Chapter 7
by Sinclair Lewis
George gets updated on current affairs while Myra sleeps.
The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 4
by Edith Wharton
Archer and May, now newly engaged, pay a visit to their many friends and relatives. Mrs. Mingott assists May in her wedding preparations.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 9: “The Tournament”
by Mark Twain
The Yankee makes plans to start a newspaper. Because of a mix-up, Sir Sagramor challenges the Yankee to a battle. The king suggests to the Yankee that he should go out adventuring to gain reknown in order to make himself more worthy to fight Sir Sagamor.
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
“Chapter 22”
by Carveth Read, M.A.
Crime and Punishment
Part 1, Chapter 7
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov's attack on Alyona and Lizaveta is interrupted suddenly by two men. Raskolnikov narrowly escapes.
Wuthering Heights
Chapter 16
by Emily Brontë
After Catherine's daughter Cathy is born, Catherine dies two hours later. Edgar and Heathcliff take turns watching over Catherine's body, and then she is buried in the churchyard, feet from the moors.
Silas Marner
Part 2, Chapter 17
by George Eliot
After a discussion with Priscilla, Nancy fears she is cause of Godfrey's disappointment.
The Number Concept
“Chapter 5”
by Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D.
More on the history of number systems.
On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology
On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology
by Voltaire
Information regarding the discoveries contributing to mathematics and the problems in determining chronology.