Vanity Fair
Chapter 18: Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Napoleon is blamed for a number of problems.
Napoleon is blamed for a number of problems.
Jim cuts the anchor and sets the Hispaniola adrift. He is flung back onto the small boat and notices that he is drifting near the pirate camp. He commends his soul to God and falls asleep.
Issues are confronted as the foursome is once again reunited at Eliot's Pulpit.
George's involvement with Tanis begins to take a toll on his health and reputation. George receives his first invitation into the Good Citizen's League.
Alice attends the Mad Hatter's Tea-Party.
Joe visits Pip in London. Pip is informed of Estella's return to Satis House.
Hans trades items for ones he thinks are better.
George's fantasies continue to negatively affect his home life, as he considers more drastic measures to ease his restless mind.
Peter's rescue of Tiger Lily has unexpected benefits. Peter, Wendy and the boys make their way home. Tinkerbell's jealousy continues to grow.
The Count of Monte Cristo visits a gardener who works at the telegraph.
An old woman finds a large peach in a river, and when she and her husband cut it open to eat it, they find a child inside. They are overjoyed to now have a son to ease their lonely days. When the boy is fifteen, he goes off to rid the land of devils who live on an island, and takes a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant with him. He is victorious over the devils and returns home to live happily with his parents.
A man comes to Sherlock Holmes seeking advice about the disappearance of a bizarre society of red-headed young men that are funded by a man who sympathized with red-headed men.
Clarence Darrow's debate on capital punishment as presented to Judge Alfred J. Talley in New York City in October of 1924.
The King of Bohemia seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in securing a picture that could be used against him in the political scene.
Lanyon’s letter about what he saw before his death. (Longmans, Green and co., 1886)
The boys discover a detective who tells them the history of the bond and the canal-men that he was tracking. With the mystery solved the boys and Sam await the race.
Jasper, having arrived in London, returns to his old haunts. Datchery has an interesting conversation with the "Royal Highness the Princess Puffer."
Longfellow talks to a child about the good and the bad of the real world.
Having been sent to Balitimore by Miss Lucretia, Mr. Douglass prepares to meet Mr. Auld.
The narrator describes his journey to visit “the Old Sugar Mill”, a collection of ruins north of New Smyrna.
Luzhin, realizing his engagement with Dunya is ending, regrets his decisions.
Godfrey and Nancy arrive at Silas' cottage attempting to make amends for the past.
William manages to get by on his small salary and some savings. His brother continues to treat him coldly, even when he attends a party at his home. William speaks with Mr. Hunsden.
A vagrant attempts in vain to be arrested.