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The Wind in the Willows

Mr. Toad

by Kenneth Grahame

With the arrival of spring, Rat and Mole prepare the boat. Badger attempts to control Toad's behavior.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

As the Nautilus continues its travels into more populated areas, the underwater destruction continues to increase. The ship arrives at the island Vanikoro, where Aronnax and Captain Nemo discuss the the tale of La Pérouse's shipwreck.

The Number Concept

“Chapter 1”

by Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D.

The author discusses the history and philosophy of counting.

The Brown Fairy Book

Story of the King Who Would Be Stronger than Fate

by Andrew Lang

A fairy tale about a king who tries to change the fate of his daughter and instead insures the fate that has been assigned to her.

Crime and Punishment

Part 3, Chapter 1

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pulcheria and Dunya are greatly affected by Raskolnikov's condition. Razumikhin's affections for Dunya are fully divulged to the reader.

Eulogy of Leonhard Euler

by Nikolaus von Fuss

The life, theories, and discoveries of mathematician Leonhard Euler.

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Chapter 2: Communications, Etc.

by Henry O. Flipper

A description of the circumstances that led Henry O. Flipper to seek his appointment at West Point as well as some excepts from the correspondence that followed.

Japanese Fairy Tales

The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher

by Yei Theodora Ozaki

The brothers The Happy Hunter and The Skillful Fisherman change occupational places one day. The Hunter does not know how to fish, and loses his brother’s hook. The Skillful Fisherman is very angry and demands his hook back. The Hunter searches and searches to no avail, until an old man appears and tells him to travel to the Sea King’s realm to find the hook. He does so, and finds the hook and makes many new friends. He stays in the Sea King’s realm for three years, and then he returns to land. He gives the hook to his brother, and the brother is angry that he no longer has an excuse to steal his brother’s wealth and title. The Skillful Fisherman then plots to kill his brother, but the Happy Hunter thwarts his plan by using talismans given to him by the Sea King. The Skillful Fisherman is thus impressed by his brother’s power and vows to be obedient to him from then on.

The Secret Garden

Chapter 27: “In the Garden”

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mrs. Sowerby sends a note to Master Craven saying that he must travel home and see his son at once. On the trip home, he thinks back at his son’s health history and regrets not spending time with Colin. Upon his return, he goes to the garden to see his son and is delighted to see the children playing. Mary, Colin, and Archibald walk to the house happy.

The Souls of Black Folk

Chapter 4: Of the Meaning of Progress

by W. E. B. Du Bois

Du Bois reflects on his experiences teaching in a school in the hills of Tennessee.

Wuthering Heights

Chapter 32

by Emily Brontë

Lockwood leaves and comes back six months later to find Nelly living at Wuthering Heights, as Cathy's companion because Zillah left. After Hareton accidentally shoots himself, Cathy gives Nelly a book to give to him; if he accepts it Cathy vows to teach him to read and never tease him again.

Oliver Twist

Chapter 26: In Which a Mysterious Character Appears Upon the Scene; And many Things, Inseparable From This History, Are Done and Performed.

by Charles Dickens

Fagin and Monks discuss Oliver's future.

Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef

Part II, Chapter III

by James Fenimore Cooper

The group argues over the continuation of their plans. They discuss the reasons for rejoining the Swash.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Book Eleventh, Chapter 1

by Victor Hugo

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.

Crime and Punishment

Part 1, Chapter 6

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Raskolnikov's hatred for Alyona is recounted.

The House of the Seven Gables

Chapter IX: “Clifford and Phoebe”

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Phoebe begins to brighten up the lives of Hepzibah and Clifford.

In the Wilds of Florida

Chapter 8

by W.H.G. Kingston

A deer hunt leads to separation and a night spent avoiding a pack of wolves.

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.

A Christmas Carol

“Stave III”

by Charles Dickens

The second spirit takes Ebenezor to the Cratchit home.

Main Street

Chapter 9

by Sinclair Lewis

Still affected by her conversation with Vida, Carol begins to observe the judging glances of the townspeople. Carol and Will pay a visit to his mother.

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Chapter X

by Ann Radcliffe

Malcolm reveals an important secret to the Baroness. Various relationships face the strictures of society, dependent upon class and status to survive.