Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 7: Amy's Valley of Humiliation
by Louisa May Alcott
Amy's difficulties at school lead Ms. March to take action.
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David Copperfield
Chapter 60: Agnes
by Charles Dickens
David divulges his true feelings to Agnes.
A Florida Sketch-Book
Chapter 5: “A Morning at the Old Sugar Mill ”
by Bradford Torrey
The narrator describes his journey to visit “the Old Sugar Mill”, a collection of ruins north of New Smyrna.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book First, Chapter 5
by Victor Hugo
Quasimodo is elected Pope of Fools and is subsequently paraded through the street on a mock throne.
Babbitt
Chapter 25
by Sinclair Lewis
George's fantasies continue to negatively affect his home life, as he considers more drastic measures to ease his restless mind.
Behind the Scenes
Appendix—Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley
by Elizabeth Keckley
Various correspondence between Mrs. Lincoln and Elizabeth.
Jane Eyre
Chapter XVI
by Charlotte Brontë
The next morning, Jane is shocked to learn that the near tragedy of the night before has caused no scandal. The servants believe Rochester to have fallen asleep with a lit candle by his bed, and even Grace Poole shows no sign of guilt or remorse. Jane cannot imagine why an attempted murderer is allowed to continue working at Thornfield. She realizes that she is beginning to have feelings for Rochester and is disappointed that he will be away from Thornfield for several days. He has left to attend a party where he will be in the company of Blanche Ingram, a beautiful lady. Jane scolds herself for being disappointed by the news, and she resolves to restrain her flights of imaginative fancy by comparing her own portrait to one she has drawn of Blanche Ingram, noting how much plainer she is than the beautiful Blanche.
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.
The Four Million
"The Coming-Out of Maggie"
by O. Henry
For a young woman, sudden popularity follows an invite to a dance.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 41: In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Becky attempts to make a good impression, hoping to benefit from the visit.
The Jungle
Chapter 30
by Upton Sinclair
Jurgis visits Elzbieta. Jurgis finds work as a hotel porter and continues to learn about socialism from his co-workers.
Up from Slavery
Chapter 16: Europe
by Booker T. Washington
Booker's travels throughout Europe introduce him to a number of new teaching methods, as well as instilling a since of hope for equality in the United States.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 103: Maximilian
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Abbe Busoni visits Valentine on her deathbed to pray for her.
Flappers and Philosophers
Head and Shoulders
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Horace Tarbox is known as a prodigy. He sees a plan for his life, until he meets Marcia Meadow. The knock at his door changes all the plans he thought he had.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"Goliath of Gath. 1 Samuel, Chap. xvii"
by Phillis Wheatley
YE martial pow'rs, and all ye tuneful nine,
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
“Chapter 14”
by Carveth Read, M.A.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 21: “Through the Ivory Door”
by Lewis Carroll
Sylvie asks the Professor for help.
Treasure Island
Part Five: My Sea Adventure, Chapter 27: Pieces of Eight
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jim rips free from the mast and swims to the island. He takes cover in the stockade and sees the pirates have taken over. He tries to run but is too late.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 11: The Corsican Ogre
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The Minister of the Police arrives to inform King Louis XVIII that Bonaparte landed near Antibes, and is on his way to Paris.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter XXI: “An Old Acquaintance”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale seeks out Moodie, trying to discover the secrets of Priscilla's past.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 6: Grading the School
by Thomas E. Sanders
Evaluating a schools course of study and a subject criteria for improving it.
Selected Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
"Roads"
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The author gives a description of his travels across the English countryside.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Chapter 5: “Mrs. Yoop, the Giantess”
by L. Frank Baum
Woot, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow are captured by a giantess for her amusement. She tells them she will transform them so that they can’t be found and rescued by their friends, the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy.
David Copperfield
Chapter 40: The Wanderer
by Charles Dickens
David runs into Mr. Peggotty, who is still searching for Little Em'ly.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Purloined Letter
by Edgar Allan Poe
An unnamed narrator tells how a Parisian detective, Auguste Dupin, solves a case of a “purloined letter.” The letter belonged to the Queen, and the man who took it had switched it with a plain letter, and was using the information contained in the stolen letter to blackmail the Queen. The police Prefect wants Dupin to figure out how to catch the man, and Dupin reasons his way through the case, eventually nabbing the thief by using his own technique against him—switching letters back.