Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 34: A Queen's Girl
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne departs for Queen's Academy, taking comfort in the few familiar faces there.
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Moby Dick
Chapter 91: The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
by Herman Melville
Ahab continues to enquire about the white whale. Stubb and the crew "assist" the Bouton de Rose in disposing of a whale.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 13: “A Visit to Dogland”
by Lewis Carroll
Sylvie, Bruno, and the Other Professor enter Dogland and are spoken to by the guard.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 1
by Jonathan Swift
The author sets out as captain of a ship. His men conspire against him, confine him a long time to his cabin, and set him on shore in an unknown land. He travels up into the country. The Yahoos, a strange sort of animal, described. The author meets two Houyhnhnms.
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 11: “The Yankee in Search of Adventures”
by Mark Twain
A maiden comes to the castle needing help rescuing 45 other women from three giant brothers. The king assigns it to the Yankee. The woman agrees to personally show him the way. He is dressed in his suit of armor and is on his way.
Great Expectations
Chapter 45
by Charles Dickens
While in hiding, Pip is told of Compeyson's return.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 13: The Hundred Days
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Napoleon returns to Paris for his hundred day rein. Morrel visitis Villefort to plead for Dantes' release.
The Professor
Chapter 13
by Charlotte Brontë
William reveals to M. Reuter that he overheard her conversation. The class has a new student, but the professor is unkind.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
“The New Catacomb”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Two enemies, Kennedy and Burger, are students of Roman remains. Burger embarks on a three week affair with a girl and returns alone, also having found a new catacomb. Kennedy attempts to get the story from him.
Gulliver's Travels
Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 7
by Jonathan Swift
The author’s great love of his native country. His master’s observations upon the constitution and administration of England, as described by the author, with parallel cases and comparisons. His master’s observations upon human nature.
Little Women
Part 1, Chapter 6: Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful
by Louisa May Alcott
The Meg, Jo, Amy, and a reluctant Beth pay a visit to Mr. Laurence's home.
Oliver Twist
Chapter 11: Treats of Mr. Fang the Police Magistrate; And Furnishes a Slight Specimen of His Mode of Administering Justice.
by Charles Dickens
Oliver is taken to jail to await his appearance before Mr. Fang. The courtroom drama plays out while Mr. Brownlow begins to takes pity upon poor Oliver.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 3: Securing a Position
by Thomas E. Sanders
How the young teacher can go about finding a job as a teacher.
David Copperfield
Chapter 2: I Observe
by Charles Dickens
David shares some of his earliest memories.
David Copperfield
Chapter 13: The Sequel of My Resolution
by Charles Dickens
David arrives at Aunt Betsey's house.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 59: The Will
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Monsieur Noirtier changes his will to aid Valentine.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter V: “Until Bedtime”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale observes his new companions.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
Chapter 6: “The Magic of a Yookoohoo”
by L. Frank Baum
Woot, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow try to convince the giantess not to transform them. It does not work and she transforms them into a tin owl, a stuffed bear, and a green monkey. They are left alone to contemplate their predicament.
Great Expectations
Chapter 26
by Charles Dickens
Pip has dinner with Jaggers. Jaggers warns Pip about Drummle.
Beyond the City
Chapter V: “A Naval Conquest”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mrs. Westmacott convinces the admiral to join the women’s rights platform. It exhibits her use of flattery and cunning to win him over.
On Vaccination Against Smallpox
"Further Observations on the Variola Vaccinae, or Cow-Pox, 1799"
by Edward Anthony Jenner
The author describes the symptoms that have appeared in and on the cows and how he treated them.
Main Street
Chapter 32
by Sinclair Lewis
A minor incident at the barn dance has dire consequences for Fern Mullins. Fern, confident she will be fired, resigns and leaves town.
Wuthering Heights
Chapter 21
by Emily Brontë
Three years later Nelly and Cathy visit Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff wishes Linton and Cathy to fall in love and marry. After Edgar finds out about their visit he forbids Cathy have any contact with Linton, which drives her to begin writing secret letters to him. Nelly finds Linton's letters to Cathy, destroys them, and does not tell Edgar.
The Little Lame Prince
Chapter 3
by Maria Dinah Mulock Craik
We find that young Prince Dolor is not dead, but living with a nurse in Nomansland (a deserted country). His uncle faked the funeral having a wax figure of the Prince created. Dolor meets his godmother and she gives him a traveling cloak.
Agnes Grey
Chapter II: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
by Anne Brontë
Agnes Grey meets the family for which she will be governess. The mistress and children are not quite what she expected.