Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 32: Tender Troubles
by Louisa May Alcott
Jo, intending to help her sister's relationship with Laurie as well as her own writing, decides to move to New York.
Jo, intending to help her sister's relationship with Laurie as well as her own writing, decides to move to New York.
Hawkeye, the white hunter, and Chingachgook, a mohican, discuss current events while Uncas trails Maqua tribesmen. The hear a party is approaching on horseback.
Lorry and Lucie visit the wineshop of Monsieur Defarge.
Mrs. Clements describes Anne's childhood and the scandal that surrounded her mother and Sir Percival.
With the arrival of spring, Rat and Mole prepare the boat. Badger attempts to control Toad's behavior.
David goes home for the holidays and is introduced to a new family member.
A brief essay by the author is presented to the reader. Rawdon and Rebecca continue to live on chance. An earlier incident involving Rawdon is revisited.
Du Bois discusses the progression of the black man after emancipation.
Mr. Badger welcomes his unexpected guests. Otter brings news from the River Bank. Badger helps the visitors make their way home.
The narrator tells of the circumstances that led to his dramatic change of temperament.
After a discussion with Priscilla, Nancy fears she is cause of Godfrey's disappointment.
Phoebe is mesmerized by the story and tells Holgrave that she must return home for a short time. Holgrave tells Phoebe his feelings about Hepzibah and Clifford and that he senses trouble. Phoebe leaves.
George's visit with Riesling leaves him feeling depressed and despondent. An attractive widow, Tanis Judique, drops by George's office for some assistance.
Darnay is arrested after arriving in Paris and is held "in secret".
Mr. Douglass recounts the many incidents that occurred after his return from Great Britain.
Hilda wanders through a picture gallery and feels the weariness and lonliness that accompanies it.
The home life of the Reverend Septimus Crisparkle is introduced to the reader. Mr. Crisparkle plans a dinner party.
Lockwood leaves and comes back six months later to find Nelly living at Wuthering Heights, as Cathy's companion because Zillah left. After Hareton accidentally shoots himself, Cathy gives Nelly a book to give to him; if he accepts it Cathy vows to teach him to read and never tease him again.
Edmund arrives in Osbert’s cell, ready to enact the escape. Various obstacles arise during the attempted escape. Matilda and Mary learn of the fate of their loved ones.
Agnes Grey details the challenges posed by her charges, and the strained relations she feels within the family. She rises to the challenge, determined to succeed.
A good deal of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy's personalities are divulged to the reader.
The Tuskegee Institute creates a new program to allow the less privileged to attend. The author's skills as a public speaker put him in a position of high demand.
Jane contemplates her supernatural experience of the previous night, wondering whether it was really Rochester’s voice that she heard calling to her and whether Rochester might actually be in trouble. She finds a note from St. John urging her to resist temptation, but nevertheless she boards a coach to Thornfield. She travels to the manor, anxious to see Rochester and reflecting on the ways in which her life has changed in the single year since she left. Once hopeless, alone, and impoverished, Jane now has friends, family, and a fortune. She hurries to the house after her coach arrives and is shocked to find Thornfield a charred ruin. She goes to an inn called the Rochester Arms to learn what has happened. Here, she learns that Bertha Mason set the house ablaze several months earlier. Rochester saved his servants and tried to save his wife, but she flung herself from the roof as the fire raged around her. In the fire, Rochester lost a hand and went blind. He has taken up residence in a house called Ferndean, located deep in the forest, with John and Mary, two elderly servants.
Raskolnikov's condition improves, for a little while at least. Raskolnikov makes a confession to Pulcheria. Raskolnikov becomes agitated when discussing Dunya's upcoming nuptials.
Oliver witnesses a funeral and decides the undertaking business may not be for him.