Search results for 'short stories'

Displaying 1226–1250 of 2,377

Back
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Next

Ethan Frome

Chapter 2

by Edith Wharton

Ethan approaches Mattie after the dance concludes.

Wuthering Heights

Chapter 25

by Emily Brontë

As Linton becomes more ill, Edgar admits that he wishes Cathy to be happy, even if it means marrying Linton. When Linton never visits the Grange, Edgar allows Cathy to visit him at the moors.

Black Beauty

Part 1, Chapter 10: A Talk in the Orchard

by Anna Sewell

Merrylegs, Ginger, and Black Beauty discuss the limitations of being trained with blinders.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Part 1, Chapter 16: Strolling the Plains

Catherine has now become enamored of Henry Tilney, and even allows herself to occasionally indulge in the idea that she and Henry might become engaged. She is invited to Northanger Abbey, The Tilney home.

The House of the Seven Gables

Chapter XII: “The Daguerreotypist”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Phoebe begins spending more and more time with Holgrave. He tells her his thoughts on the Pycheon curse and reads her an article he has written about it.

The Tin Woodman of Oz

Chapter 12: “Ozma and Dorothy”

by L. Frank Baum

The author introduces Dorothy and Ozma of Oz. Oz had once been a land like any other until Queen Lurine transformed it into a fairyland. Dorothy uses her magic picture and learns of the terrible fate of her friends the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. Ozma and Dorothy embark on a journey to find their friends.

A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

The Bernoullis

by W.W. Rouse Ball

A biography of James, John, Daniel, and other members of the Bernoulli family.

Sense and Sensibility

Chapter XI

by Jane Austen

Mrs. Dashwood and the girls are busied with more engagements in the neighborhood than they could have expected. In all social engagements to which the Dashwoods are invited, Willoughby is invited as well; his attachment to Marianne continues to grow, but not everyone likes it.

Oliver Twist

Chapter 26: In Which a Mysterious Character Appears Upon the Scene; And many Things, Inseparable From This History, Are Done and Performed.

by Charles Dickens

Fagin and Monks discuss Oliver's future.

The Four Million

"The Furnished Room"

by O. Henry

A man rents a room, unaware of the identity of the previous tenant.

David Copperfield

Chapter 46: Intelligence

by Charles Dickens

One evening, David is called into the Steerforth home, where he is told news about Little Em'ly.

David Copperfield

Chapter 9: I Have a Memorable Birthday

by Charles Dickens

David is sent home after receiving some bad news.

The Last of the Mohicans

Chapter 31

by James Fenimore Cooper

Uncas prepares the Delaware for battle. Gamut arrives with news of Cora’s location. Hawkeye has a plan.

Moby Dick

Chapter 94: A Squeeze of the Hand

by Herman Melville

Ishmael recounts the collecting of the spermaceti and the dangers of the blubber room.

Northanger Abbey

Chapter I

by Jane Austen

The first chapter introduces the reader to the protagonist of the novel, Catherine Morland.

Crime and Punishment

Part 1, Chapter 3

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Raskolnikov receives news regarding his sister.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Chapter V: Advice from a Caterpillar

by Lewis Carroll

The Caterpillar tells Alice how to change her size.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Philosophy of Furniture

by Edgar Allan Poe

The author discusses the different presentations of wealth in European and American culture, focusing on the concept of "a well furnished apartment".

Tik-Tok of Oz

Chapter 11: “The Famous Fellowship of Fairies”

by L. Frank Baum

The adventurers enter the castle full of kings and queens. Someone explains to them that the castle is ruled by the Private Citizen (Tititihoochoo). Realizing that Ruggedo was the one to blame, the Citizen agrees to punish Ruggedo and treat the adventurers as their guests for the evening.

The Mystery of Cloomber

Chapter V: “How Four of Us Came To Be Under the Shadow of Cloomber”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The narrator’s sister, Esther, is frightened of the General. The narrator decribes his love of the General’s daughter, Gabriel, and the relationship between Esther and Mordaunt, the General’s son.

Main Street

Chapter 1

by Sinclair Lewis

The reader is introduced to Carol Milford, a beautiful, young woman trying to find her place in the world. Fearing a mundane life, Carol turns down a suitor in order to pursue a more bohemian lifestyle.

by Andrew Lang

A wicked witch turns a queen into a duck and takes her place in the castle, but the white duck is finally able to free herself and save her children.

Back
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Next

by Edith Wharton

by Emily Brontë

by Anna Sewell

by Jules Verne

by Jane Austen

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

by L. Frank Baum

by W.W. Rouse Ball

by Jane Austen

by Charles Dickens

by O. Henry

by Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens

by James Fenimore Cooper

by Herman Melville

by Jane Austen

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

by Lewis Carroll

by Edgar Allan Poe

by L. Frank Baum

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

by Sinclair Lewis

by Niccolo Machiavelli

by James Weldon Johnson

by Andrew Lang