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Thoreau attempts to illustrate the benefits of a simplified lifestyle.

Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef

Part II, Chapter IV

by James Fenimore Cooper

Spike and Don Juan arrive at the lighthouse. Harry and Rose speak to Don Juan. The men fear Mulford's "ghost."

Main Street

Chapter 4

by Sinclair Lewis

After taking a look around, Carol is unnerved by the stature and state of the buildings in Gopher Prairie. Bea Sorensen's tour of Gopher Prairie leaves her awestruck.

Esmeralda, awakened by the Truand's attack, is visited by Gringoire and a cloaked stranger. Claude Frollo presents Esmeralda with two choices. An angered Claude Frollo takes Esmeralda to see the recluse.

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Chapter 16: Smith at West Point

by Henry O. Flipper

The author tells the story of James Webster Smith.

The Iliad

Book 13: The Fourth Battle Continued, in which Neptune Assists the Greeks; The Acts of Idomeneus

by Homer

With Zeus absent from the field of battle, Poseidon gives some much needed assistance to the Greeks.

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.

Heart of Darkness

Part 1

by Joseph Conrad

Marlow recounts his journey up the Congo River to the narrator and his fellow travelers.

Melmoth the Wanderer

by Charles Robert Maturin

The central character, John Melmoth, is a scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life and spends that time searching for someone who will take over the pact for him; the novel actually takes place in the present, but this backstory is revealed through several nested stories-within-a-story that work backwards through time (usually through the Gothic trope of old books).

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Chapter 15: Graduation—In the Army

by Henry O. Flipper

Upon graduating from West Point, Lieutenant Flipper reports for active duty in the U.S. Army amidst much fanfare.

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