The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter VI: “Maule’s Well”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Phoebe wanders into the gardens and meets Holgrave. Phoebe walks into the house to see Hepzibah acting very strangely.
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The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 21: “The New England Holiday”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Echoing the novel’s beginning, the narrator describes another public gathering in the marketplace, but this time the purpose is to celebrate the installation of a new governor. Hester receives uneasines news about her journey and Chillingworth.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“The Rogue and the Herdsman”
by Andrew Lang
A lazy farm boy is able to steal sheep, pigs, and oxen from the greatest herdsman of the king. He is rewarded handsomely for his cleverness.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XLII
by Jane Austen
It is April, and the Dashwood girls, the Palmers, and Mrs. Jennings, and Colonel Brandon set out for Cleveland, the Palmer’s estate.
The Flamingo Feather
Chapter VI: "The Journey in Search of Food" The Flamingo Feather
by Kirk Munroe
The boys journey by canoe. Concerns are raised when they find evidence of others pursuing the tribe, evidence that leads them to fear there are enemies nearby.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 67: At the Office of the King's Attorney
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Madame Danglers visits Monsieur Villefort.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter II
by Jane Austen
The chapter continues its description of Catherine and introduces her mother, Mrs. Allen, and offcer Catherine’s first impressions of Bath.
A Little Princess
Chapter 11: Ram Dass
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara watches as the Indian gentleman moves into his new home.
Treasure Island
Part Six: Captain Silver, Chapter 31: The Treasure-Hunt—Flint’s Pointer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Silver thanks Jim for not running away, but Jim is worried about his future. The pirates, along with Silver and Jim, discover a skeleton pointing the way to the treasure.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
The Ponds
by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau observes and documents the geography of Walden Pond as well as other neighboring bodies of water.
Behind the Scenes
Chapter 9: Behind the Scenes
by Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth describes her interactions with new freedmen and freedwomen in the White House. Mrs. Lincoln's debts continue to grow.
David Copperfield
Chapter 45: Mr. Dick Fulfills My Aunt's Predictions
by Charles Dickens
Mr. Dick drops by to see David. Mr. Dick feels compelled to intervene in the Strong's affairs.
A Little Princess
Chapter 1: Sara
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
After arriving from India by ship, Captaing Crewe reluctantly leaves his daughter in the care of Miss Minchin.
Florida Trails
Chapter XII: “Seven Thousand Pelicans”
by Winthrop Packard
The narrator describes the pelican from his physical features to mating habits.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 42: “WAR!”
by Mark Twain
Clarence reveals to the Yankee about Guenever’s affair with Launcelot, the war between Arthur and Launcelot, and the temporary rule of Mordred (who placed an interdict of the church placed on Camelot). Launcelot and Mordred killed each other in battle and the Church reversed the entire kingdom and brought it back to the way it was. The Yankee decrees that all of the old institutions of the church will be null. Clarence gathers boys for an army.
The Journey to the Center of the Earth
Chapter XIV. BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO
by Jules Verne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 87: The Challenge
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Albert visits Monsieur Danglers to ask about the accusations against his father.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Chapter 9: “The Quarrelsome Dragons”
by L. Frank Baum
Woot finds himself in the lair of hungry dragons. He again uses the magic apron to escape. With the aid of the now satisfied jaguar, he returns to his friends.
Around the World in 80 Days
Chapter 10: In Which Passepartout is Only Too Glad to Get Off with the Loss of His Shoes
by Jules Verne
Phileas, having had his passport stamped, has a meal at the train station while Passepartout once again runs errands. A cultural misstep by Passepartout results in an incident at the temple and gives Detective Fix further grounds to obtain an arrest warrant.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 79: The Lemonade
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Monsieur Morrel visits Valentine and Monsieur Noirtier.
The Woman in White
EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued in Several Narratives, Part V”
by Wilkie Collins
Walter returns to England. His happy reunion with his family is overshadowed by the news of Laura's death. He returns to Limmeridge house to pay his respects at her graveside.
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.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 5: “Matilda Jane”
by Lewis Carroll
Bruno tells a story to the farmer’s wife while the narrator and Sylvie meet up with the farmer’s children in the orchard.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Mirror of Matsuyama
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
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.
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
“Little Daylight”
by Sara Cone Bryant
A princess is born to a queen and king and upon her christening she is cursed by a bad fairy. Her curse is intercepted twice by two good fairies so the fate of the princess is not quite so harsh. The princess is doomed to sleep through the day to wake at night and wane and wax with the moon until kissed by a prince who knows nothing of her story.