Victor puts off the creation of the female creature and decides he needs to travel to England to gather information. He begins a two-year tour of England in order to fill his obligation before his marriage to Elizabeth.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
In Chapter XIX, Catherine’s innocence leads to a mistaken understanding of the motivations of Isabella and Frederick.
Darnay is escorted back to his cell. There is little hope of compassion for the condemned Darnay.
Pip has dinner with Jaggers. Jaggers warns Pip about Drummle.
Marlow and a company manager meet with Kurtz, who has become gravely ill. Marlow finds himself ostracized after defending Kurtz.
When Gaudfrey Staunton disappears, Cyril Overton asks Holmes to investigate. Dr. Armstrong is suspected.
The hunter is now the hunted as Ahab boards his boat in pursuit of Moby Dick.
Pip is given good news by the lawyer Jaggers.
Brutus fears that power will change Caesar. Brutus receives a letter. Cassius pays a visit to Brutus accompanied by men of a common goal.
Hump learns more and more about the design and purpose of the Ghost. Hump discusses Captain Larsen with a new acquaintance. An incident on board ship further exposes Hump to Captain Larsen's philosophy.
Victor finishes his creature and is frightened by its appearance. He falls ill with a nervous fever after reuniting with Henry, who nurses him back to health and gives him a letter from Elizabeth.
The next day, Catherine searches the social meeting places for Henry, but she does not see him again. The chapter introduces Isabella and Mrs. Thorpe and her children.
How a nixy helps a miller regain happiness.
The girls arrive in Florida, and are introduced to the heat, Southern food, orange picking, and the slower way of life.
A story of how Prince Take got his name and many of his daring deeds.
Mr. Douglass is introduced to the concept of abolition.
Dora and David begin their life's together.
Edwin Drood visits the Staple Inn, where he is invited to stay for dinner. Grewgious bestows a valuable gift upon Edwin.
Walter surprises the Count with his approach. The two spend a tense night together.
Martin saves the lives of a dog and a cat and gains a magic ring. The ring wins him the hand of a princess, but she does not want to marry a poor man and has him put into a tower to starve, accused of witchcraft. But his faithful friends bring him the magic ring and food, and soon the King lets him out, and he forgives his wife.
A gruesome murder occurs in Forest Row and Police Inspector Stanley Hopkins asks Holmes for help. When Peter Carey’s (also called Black Peter) tobacco pouch is found at the scene of the crime, Holmes investigates.
Victor is still depressed and travels to Montanvert hoping that the scenery will boost his spirits. He finds his monster, who eloquently greets him and convinces him to warm himself by a fire in an ice cave where the monster narrates the events of his life.
The author leaves Luggnagg, and sails to Japan. From thence he returns in a Dutch ship to Amsterdam, and from Amsterdam to England.
As Dantes becomes desperate in his dungeon cell, his neighboring prisoner rescues him.