A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Bed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
This poem expresses the problem many people have with getting up when it is dark in the morning and going to bed in the evening when it is still light outside.
This poem expresses the problem many people have with getting up when it is dark in the morning and going to bed in the evening when it is still light outside.
The narrator closely observes the Martians while taking refuge in an abandoned house.
Haidee relates the story of her father's death to Albert and the Count of Monte Cristo.
Ahab comes at Moby Dick head on. Crew members are lost when things do not go as planned.
Dantes begins his friendship with the mad abbe.
Holmes finds himself at a university town and discovers that a tutor’s office had been disturbed and Holmes suspects Bannister the servant.
Mr. Douglass is sent to the home of Mr. Edward Covey "to be broken", by Master Thomas Auld.
Father Mapple delivers his sermon.
The Harkers join forces with the others. They share all that they know, and discover more information about Dracula’s connections with the area and plans for the future.
George and Myra's visit to Riesling upsets Zilla. George and Riesling prepare to take a trip.
Children and nature sleep at night; in day, they awaken and play.
Once again, the Veiled Lady returns. Coverdale encounters several of his Blithedale companions.
A fellow gets the better of a lion.
The second spirit takes Ebenezor to the Cratchit home.
Robert d'Estouteville heads to court, where Deputy Florian is already holding court. The terribly deaf Deputy Frollo attempts to interrogate Quasimoto, causing much laughter in the courtroom.
A biography of Joseph Louis Lagrange.
An unnamed narrator retells Augustus Bedloe's account of his strange experiences in the Ragged Mountains.
Mr. Douglass recalls life in St. Michael's in the house of Master Thomas Auld.
Raskolnikov fearing the police suspect him of the murders, has a strange encounter with a stranger on the street.
Agnes Grey narrates her family background and the circumstances that led to her employment as a governess.
After surfacing, the men rush to catch their breath. Aronnax continues to document his observations.
Having been set free, Gringoire goes to meet Claude Frollo.
The narrator runs into a disheveled artilleryman, who relays some information about the Martian situation.
The story opens with the murder of Ronald Adair. Holmes tells Watson his account of tangling with Professor Moriarty and explains his expectation that someone will attempt to murder him. He sets up a dummy across the street, which is shot with an airgun. The killer is arrested.
Phoebe wanders into the gardens and meets Holgrave. Phoebe walks into the house to see Hepzibah acting very strangely.