Vanity Fair
Chapter 24: In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Dobbin delivers a letter to George.
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Dickens' Christmas Stories
The Haunted House: The Ghost in Master B.’s Room
by Charles Dickens
The narrator tells of his growing fascination with Master B, as well as the series of events following the appearance of the ghost.
Hamlet
Act 2, Scene 2
by William Shakespeare
Claudius and Gertrude hope that visitors will help with Hamlet's mood. Claudius receives news from Norway. Polonius, believing he has discovered the cause for Hamlet's madness, attempts to have a conversation with him. The arrival of the acting troupe gives Hamlet the opportunity to devise a trap for Claudius.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
“The Japanned Box”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A man is a tutor to two young boys in a household. Their father is very quiet and studious and keeps to himself. However, he has a room that no one has set foot in until the tutor saves the youngest from a well. The tutor in this manner learns from the servants about his employer’s past as an obnoxious drunk. His wife was the one to tame him and he carries a black Japanned Box, which is believed to hold her letters, with him when he stays somewhere else.
Moby Dick
Chapter 48: The First Lowering
by Herman Melville
The crew board the harpoon boats. New crew members make their presence known.
Crime and Punishment
Epilogue
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov's goes to trial and is sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Siberia. Razumikhin and Dunya finally marry. While in prison, Raskolnikov finds redemption and renewal.
A Christmas Carol
“Stave II”
by Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge nervously waits for the first spirit. Ebenezer is confronted with events from his childhood.
Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef
Part II, Chapter IX
by James Fenimore Cooper
The fate of all is revealed. Spike has the chance to consider the faults and wrongs he has committed.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Visitors
by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau describes the many visitors who have entered his home.
The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 1: “Mimer, the Master”
by James Baldwin
Siegfried apprentices with Mimer, and while there forges a great sword and hears tales of his ancestors.
Babbitt
Chapter 29
by Sinclair Lewis
George's involvement with Tanis begins to take a toll on his health and reputation. George receives his first invitation into the Good Citizen's League.
The Woman in White
EPOCH THREE: “The Story Continued by Walter Hartright, Part II”
by Wilkie Collins
Walter explains the events that led to the sisters' reunion, as well as the circumstances that brought all three together once more.
Crime and Punishment
Part 3, Chapter 5
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Razumikhin is embaressed by Raskolikov's behavior. Porfiry questions Raskolikov about the crime at the pawnbrokers.
Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians
Chapter 9: "Thomas Penyngton Kirkman"
by Alexander MacFarlane
A biography of Thomas Penyngton Kirkman.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 21
by James Fenimore Cooper
The group continues tracking Magua. Disaster is narrowly averted when Gamut is discovered in the forest.
Ethan Frome
Chapter 9
by Edith Wharton
Ethan insists on taking Mattie to the station.
Up from Slavery
Chapter 17: Last Words
by Booker T. Washington
An old friend and mentor passes away. The author ponders the distance he has traveled in the previous twenty years of his life.
David Copperfield
Chapter 14: My Aunt Makes up Her Mind About Me
by Charles Dickens
Aunt Betsey meets with Mr. Murdstone in order to make a decision about David.
The Woman in White
EPOCH THREE: “The Story Continued by Isidor Ottavio Baldassare Fosco: The Count’s Narrative”
by Wilkie Collins
The Count's telling of his involvement in the course of events.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter VII: “The Guest”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Phoebe helps Hepzibah make breakfast while noticing her strange behavior. Clifford comes downsrtairs to breakfast and ignores his sister, Hepzibah. When she explains her new occupation as shopkeeper, Clifford assures her that he is not ashamed of her, but weeps over his own life.
The Brown Fairy Book
Rubezahl
by Andrew Lang
A fairy tale about the gnome Rubezahl who tried to understand the trickery of man by capturing a princess and marrying her.
The Souls of Black Folk
Chapter 6: Of the Training of Black Men
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois discusses the various education systems in place for the black men.
The Woman in White
EPOCH THREE: “The Story Continued by Walter Hartright, Part X”
by Wilkie Collins
On his journey to Knowlesbury Walter is assaulted. He narrowly escapes days in jail by calling upon a friend. His discovery at the lawyers leads him to believe he has found out Sir Percival's secret. There is a shocking turn of events back at the church.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 62: Am Rhein
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Joseph, Amelia, Georgy, and Dobbin depart for the continent. Amelia starts to appreciate Dobbin's presence.
Melmoth the Wanderer
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).