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Great Expectations

Chapter 59

by Charles Dickens

Pip returns home after an extended period abroad. Pip pays a visit to the remains of Satis House.

Maria was the youngest and prettiest of the merchant’s daughters. When the merchant leaves on business, she is the only one to obey his wishes and begins a bizarre courtship with the king through their antics in an attempt to out-perform the other.

Peter Rabbit and Other Stories

“The Tale of Mr. Tod”

by Beatrix Potter

Mr. Tod, a fox, and Tommy Brock, a badger, are both troublesome neighbors and “disagreeable people.” Mr. Tod has a habit of taking up lodging in other people’s houses. Mr. Brock visits a rabbit friend, who turns out to be Mr. Bouncer Bunny from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, and then steals his son Benjamin Bunny’s children with plans to cook and eat them. Mr. Tod however finds that Mr. Brock has taken up residence in one of his homes, and after many comical efforts to rouse him, they fight it out. Meanwhile, Benjamin and his cousin Peter have come to rescue Benjamin’s children, and the fight gives them a chance to sneak off with the baby bunnies.

Little Women

Part 1, Chapter 4: Burdens

by Louisa May Alcott

A good deal of Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy's personalities are divulged to the reader.

The House of the Seven Gables

Chapter I: “The Old Pyncheon”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Colonel Pyncheon helps convict the owner of a seven-gabled house (Matthew Maule) of witchcraft. At the gallows, Matthew curses and the Colonel. On the day the Colonel opens the seven-gabled mansion, he is found dead. Future generations experience unhappiness and Hepzibah (the current resident) opens a ten-cent shop.

Winesburg, Ohio

Nobody Knows, concerning Louise Trunnion

by Sherwood Anderson

George's visit with Louise Trunnion fills him with a sense of pride and embarrassment.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Chapter V: “The Adventure of the Priory School, Part 1”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Thorneycroft Huxtable, a principal at a New England prep school, comes to Holmes with the news that a student has been kidnapped. They must do what they can to track him down.

The Marble Faun

Chapter III: “Subterranean Reminiscences”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The author describes Miriam model to the reader. Miriam disappears from the group.

In the Wilds of Florida

Chapter 15

by W.H.G. Kingston

The pattern of revenge continues.

Dracula

Chapter 10

by Bram Stoker

Lucy is drained of blood. Arthur and Dr. Seward give Lucy a blood transfusion. Prof. Van Helsing puts garlic flowers in Lucy’s room. Dr. Seward and Prof. Van Helsing keep watch.

Dracula

Chapter 12

by Bram Stoker

There is another attempt to save Lucy through a transfusion. News arrives from Mina and Jonathan. A change begins to take place in Lucy.

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.

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court

Chapter 15: “Sandy’s Tale”

by Mark Twain

Sandy speakes of Sir Gawain. The Yankee is bored and critcizes her storytelling.

The Woman in White

EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, Part III”

by Wilkie Collins

Marian worries about what sort of document Laura is supposed to sign. The group walks to the lake, where a discussion of murder and crime commences. Mention of the Catherick name causes a rapid departure of Sir Percival.