Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 18: Dark Days
by Louisa May Alcott
Mrs. March is sent for as Beth's condition worsens.
Mrs. March is sent for as Beth's condition worsens.
Walter meets Mrs. Vesey and Miss Fairlie. The group travels through the countryside and Walter considers the artwork already completed by the ladies. Marian discovers something in the letters from her mother.
The children discuss their dreams. Laurie and Meg argue about the future.
Newland pays a visit to Mrs. Mingott. Medora asks a favor of Newland.
Elizabeth is given the opportunity to purchase the freedom of herself and her son.
The author describes the symptoms that have appeared in and on the cows and how he treated them.
Rosalie is wed, and Agnes Grey and Matilda are left to entertain themselves. Agnes Grey finds that she is called home earlier than expected.
The many different ways in which a teacher can judge the overall quality of a school.
Dantes becomes a successful smuggler while on board his new vessel.
The Admiral sets out to go back to sea and instead sees a moneylenders advertisement. He decides to borrow the money to pay the enormous debt and ends up in the shabby office of two scam artists. They try to make a deal and the Admiral refuses with the advice of Charles. Charles resolves to take him to Mrs. Westmacott’s lawyer.
After the funerals of Monsieur and Madame de Saint-Meran, Monsieur de Villefort begins to arrange the marriage of Valetine.
Different and effective methods for instructing students in subject of literature.
The narrator discusses loquat trees, riverbank fishing, and the habitat along the riverbanks of the St. Johns River.
The Count of Monte Cristo arrives at the Villefort's residence to remind them of his upcoming party.
Appendix to the work.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. In this story the Toyman that is a friend to the three children has a mysterious secret in his workshop that keep the boys guessing and therefore, entertained.
Coverdale is bed-ridden due to illness. He is attended by Hollingsworth during his rantings, forming a friendship between the men. Zenobia visits with gruel, and he tries to discover the secrets of her past.
Sherlock Holmes is faced with the Boscombe Valley Tragedy, in which a man is murdered and is son is accused of the crime.
The Micawbers and Tommy Traddles attend a dinner at David's apartment. Littimer visits David in search of Steerforth. David advises Tommy in regards to Mr. Micawber's situation.
Catherine makes some discoveries about Eleanor and is disturbed by a violent storm later that evening.
This passage is a continuation of the author's discussion of number word origins.
Defarge receives warning of a spy in the neighborhood. John Barsad pays a visit to Defarge's wine shop.
Miriam goes to Hilda and speaks of her own guilty feelings.
Their search leads Marian and Walter to the school, where they hear the story of the "ghost" seen by one of the students. Walter resolves to further their search that evening.
During his visit, Kenyon asks Donatello to let him mold a bust of him.