Great Expectations
Chapter 38
by Charles Dickens
Pip visits Estella in London. Pip confronts Estella about one of her suitors.
Pip visits Estella in London. Pip confronts Estella about one of her suitors.
Having arrived in Neverland, Wendy and her brothers are introduced to the lost boys. Captain Hook, sensing his nemesis has returned, continues to plot his revenge. Tinkerbell's jealousy of Wendy continues to grow.
Ishmael compares the common depiction of whales to his own eyewitness account.
David admits his feelings for Dora to Miss Betsey, who reacts unexpectedly to the news. David attempts to recoup some money for Miss Betsey. Agnes informs David of her own family's situation.
The abbot and the monks were eager to bathe. The Yankee finds a telephone office in an abandoned hermit’s cave. He calls Arthur and tells him that he will travel to Camelot. When he arrives, the Yankee is disappointed at the king’s choices for his army. The Yankee goes back to the monks and proves another magician a fraud. The Yankee checks on the progress of the king and makes arrangements for a large welcome.
Upon his return to Blithedale, Coverdale stumbles upon a strange scene.
Ethan thinks about the previous evenings events. Zeena leaves for Bettsbridge.
An engagement announcement causes at uproar.
Will feels that Carol does not appreciate him and wonders whether other women would still find him attractive. Complaining of a backache, Maud Dyer visits Will's office. Will receives an invitation from Nat Hicks. Will's relationship with Maud continues to escalate.
The friends encounter a hungry jaguar that threatens to eat Woot. Woot uses the magic apron to escape.
In the crowd that surrounds the scaffold, Hester suddenly spots her husband, who sent her to America but never fulfilled his promise to follow her. Chillingworth makes inquiries and Hester is preached to.
Mr. Wickfield and Agnes visit the Strongs. David's encounter with Uriah leaves him feeling morally inferior.
Miriam confesses to Kenyon her unhappiness regarding Donatello.
Reverend Mr. Hayward plagiarizes more than just the sermons he listens to at the white church.
This is a tale of an experiment to hypnotize a man on his death bed. The experiment works—but with horrifying results!
The party takes a drastic measure in the face of starvation. Augustus succumbs to his wounds.
Has-se is killed, but not before asking Rene to take his place in the tribe. Chitta appears again.
Captain Nemo discusses his many experiments with Aronnax. As the Nautilus approaches the shore, Captain Nemo becomes overwhelmed with anger.
Talk of the Sabbath and Free-Will.
Matthew convinces Anne to change her mind. Marilla starts to develop a motherly affection for Anne.
There is news of the Princess’s death.
Major Cavalcanti is introduced to his lost son, Andrea Cavalcanti, with the help of the Count of Monte Cristo.
The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement. The emperor’s person and habit described. Learned men appointed to teach the author their language. He gains favour by his mild disposition. His pockets are searched, and his sword and pistols taken from him.
An act of kindness interrupts a couple's violent pastime.