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Dr. Van Helsing gives Lucy a blood transfusion. There is an interview with a zoo keeper that describes the escape and recapture of a wolf. Dr. Seward tells of Renfield’s escape and attack on him. Lucy’s mother dies and tells of the horrible events that took place that night.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 11: “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A banker makes a very big loan to a prominent customer and receives a beryl coronet to hold. He discovers his son trying to harm it and he has a case against him when he begs for the expert help of Sherlock Holmes.

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Chapter 20: The Fisherman's Town

by Hugh Lofting

The red haired fisherman shares his story. Doctor Dolittle takes the fisherman home. For there efforts, both the doctor and Jip receive tokens of gratitude.

Moby Dick

Chapter 71: The Jeroboam's Story

by Herman Melville

The Pequod has a gam with the whaiing ship Jeroboam. Ahab receives a warning from Gabriel.

Peter Rabbit and Other Stories

“The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher”

by Beatrix Potter

This book tells the story of a frog who decides to go fishing for minnows for supper. After several misadventures he gives up and has a dinner of roasted grasshopper and salad with his friends.

Hamlet

Act 1, Scene 4

by William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus wait for another encounter with the spirit.

The Marble Faun

Chapter XXII: “The Medici Garden”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Miriam and Donatello have a discussion in the garden.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion

by Edgar Allan Poe

Eiros and Charmion discuss the events that led to the end of life on Earth.

Whitefoot the Woodmouse

"Whitefoot’s Dreadful Journey"

by Thornton W. Burgess

Whitefoot decides to run away from his tunnels and current home to escape from Shadow. It becomes a very difficult journey because of his constant fear of being attacked by an enemy.

Around the World in 80 Days

Chapter 34: In Which Phileas Fogg at Last Reaches London

by Jules Verne

Passeportout and Aouda protest the arrest of Phileas, who is being held in the Custom House of Liverpool. With the real thief captured, Phileas is finally released to conclude his journey.

The Story of Siegfried

The After Word

by James Baldwin

A final note from Baldwin regarding how he constructed his Story of Siegfried.

Japanese Fairy Tales

The Ogre of Rashomon

by Yei Theodora Ozaki

A brave warrior fights an ogre, cutting off his arm. The ogre runs away, and the warrior keeps the arm as a prize. Later, the warrior’s old nurse appears at his door and pleads to see the arm. He lets her, and she grabs it, turning into the ogre. The ogre thus gets away with his arm, and is scared enough of the warrior that he never troubles the city again.