Vanity Fair
Chapter 33: In Which Miss Crawley’s Relations Are Very Anxious About Her
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Miss Crawley receives various tokens of appreciation. Lady Jane makes a positive impression.
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Crime and Punishment
Part 4, Chapter 5
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov visits Porfiry Petrovich at the police station, presenting him with a request for the items from the pawnbroker's shop.
Great Expectations
Chapter 49
by Charles Dickens
Miss Havisham begs for Pips forgiveness. A hardship befalls Miss Havisham.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter XVI: “Clifford’s Chamber”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
When Hepzibah enters Clifford's room, she finds it empty. When she returns downstairs, Clifford appears exclaimg that they're free. She recoils in horror at the Judge’s dead body.
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Chapter 2
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, Part XIII”
by Wilkie Collins
Walter finds the woman in white, just as he suspected. Their conversation gives him more information, but not enough to understand her completely.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Baker Farm
by Henry David Thoreau
After being caught in a rainstorm, Thoreau takes shelter in a neighbor's home.
The Colored Cadet at West Point
Chapter 3: Reporting
by Henry O. Flipper
Upon reporting to the academy at West Point, Henry gets his first taste of life as a Plebe.
The Marble Faun
Chapter XLIII: “The Extinction of a Lamp”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Kenyon and Hilda come upon a shrine and, after becoming lost in thought, notice that the shrine's lamp goes out for the first time in centuries.
The Jungle
Chapter 3
by Upton Sinclair
Jurgis gets a job at Packingtown. Jurgis witnesses the processes inside a beef and pork packing plant.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 117: The Fifth of October
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The Count of Monte Cristo saves Maximilian, and then finds happiness once again.
A Christmas Carol
“Stave II”
by Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge nervously waits for the first spirit. Ebenezer is confronted with events from his childhood.
Babbitt
Chapter 1
by Sinclair Lewis
Another day begins in the Babbitt household. The reader is introduced to George and Myra Babbitt.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 22: “Crossing the Line”
by Lewis Carroll
Arthur and Lady Muriel prepare for Captain Lindon’s arrival.
Crime and Punishment
Part 2, Chapter 1
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A restless and delirious Raskolnikov receives a summons from the police station.
Crime and Punishment
Part 6, Chapter 3
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov finds Svidrigailov in a café where he discusses his relationship with Dunya.
Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef
Part II, Chapter IX
by James Fenimore Cooper
The fate of all is revealed. Spike has the chance to consider the faults and wrongs he has committed.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 18: Anne to the Rescue
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne comes to the aid of the Barry family.
Peter Pan
Chapter 3: Come Away, Come Away!
by J.M. Barrie
With Wendy's parents now absent, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell pay a visit to the Darling children.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 13: The Vicissitudes of Slave Life
by Frederick Douglass
The deaths of the master and his son reminds Mr. Douglass of his powerlessness.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Three: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan: Chapter 2
by Jonathan Swift
The humours and dispositions of the Laputians described. An account of their learning. Of the king and his court. The author’s reception there. The inhabitants subject to fear and disquietudes. An account of the women.
Great Expectations
Chapter 4
by Charles Dickens
Pip experiences guilt for the incident in the marsh, but continues to help the stranger.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 33
by James Fenimore Cooper
Munro and Chingachgook mourn their losses. Tamenund laments the end of the Mohican bloodline.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 2, Chapter 3: A Pearl Worth Ten Million
by Jules Verne
Captain Nemo and the men go pearl hunting.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 74: The Villefort Family Vault
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
After the funerals of Monsieur and Madame de Saint-Meran, Monsieur de Villefort begins to arrange the marriage of Valetine.