The Colored Cadet at West Point
Chapter 14: Incident, Humor, Etc.
by Henry O. Flipper
The author recalls a variety of incidents that occurred during his time at West Point, some being more pleasant than others.
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At the Dry Tortugas During the War
“At the Dry Tortugas During the War, Part 3”
by Emily Holder
The following is an account written by Emily Holder describing her memories of Fort Jefferson. They tell the poignant and often fascinating story of the hardships, isolation and drama of daily life at the Dry Tortugas in the nineteenth century.
In the Wilds of Florida
Chapter 16
by W.H.G. Kingston
The men return from their journey. There is a fire. The fate of Oceola is revealed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 6: “The Man with the Twisted Lip”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr. Watson finds Holmes in an opium den when looking for a friend who had been missing. Holmes is studying a case in which a man disappeared from the upstairs room of the den. All that was found was a deformed man with a limp and traces of the man’s blood and clothes with no apparent violence.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Tenth, Chapter 4
by Victor Hugo
Quasimodo, still feeling uneasy from the previous weeks events, witnesses a gathering crowd approaching Notre Dame, and resolves to protect Esmeralda. Quasimodo defends the cathedral, killing many of the Truands in the process. Jehan, having climbed to the top of the gallery, encounters Quasimodo.
A Christmas Carol
“Stave III”
by Charles Dickens
The second spirit takes Ebenezor to the Cratchit home.
Moby Dick
Chapter 54: The Town-Ho's Story
by Herman Melville
Ishmael retells a story from the a gam with the whaling ship Town-Ho.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Third, Chapter 2
by Victor Hugo
The narrator gives a detailed description of Paris and its ever-changing architecture.
Jane Eyre
Chapter XXVII
by Charlotte Brontë
After falling asleep for a short while, Jane awakes to the realization that she must leave Thornfield. When she steps out of her room, she finds Rochester waiting in a chair on the threshold. To Rochester’s assurances that he never meant to wound her, and to his pleas of forgiveness, Jane is silent, although she confides to the reader that she forgave him on the spot. Jane suddenly feels faint, and Rochester carries her to the library to revive her. He then offers her a new proposal—to leave England with him for the South of France, where they will live together as husband and wife. Jane refuses, explaining that no matter how Rochester chooses to view the situation, she will never be more than a mistress to him while Bertha is alive. Rochester realizes that he must explain why he does not consider himself married, and he launches into the story of his past.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Tenth, Chapter 5
by Victor Hugo
King Louis XI, in Paris visiting, reviews the crown's expenditures, taking great pride in a specially designed cage in the Bastille. The Truand uprising continues as Gringoire is interrogated by the King.
American Short Fiction
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
A superstitious schoolteacher comes to a mysterious end in the isolated glen of Sleepy Hollow.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal
by Edgar Allan Poe
Hans Pfaal goes to great lengths to escape his creditors.