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.
An old friend and mentor passes away. The author ponders the distance he has traveled in the previous twenty years of his life.
David returns home to find that many thing have changed.
Thoreau prepares for winter.
Thoreau remembers the many different locations he surveyed before settling at Walden Pond.
The group confronts the gypsies transporting Dracula. The fates of each are revealed.
As school begins at Salem House, David and Steerforth share stories. Mr. Peggotty and Ham visit David at school.
Zeus, keeping his promise to the Trojans, sends a false dream to Agamemnon.
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner. Marley's ghost warns Ebenezer to expect three more visitors.
Du Bois discusses the various education systems in place for the black men.
Phoebe meets her cousin, Judge Pyncheon. Although he smiles at her she recalls what Holgrave told her about a photograph revealing one’s true nature. Phoebe makes a connection between the Judge and the late Colonel. The Judge offers to help Clifford and Hepzibah financially, but Hepzibah refuses.
While still in London with Steerforth, David pays a visit to Peggotty and receives good news about Little Em'ly and Ham.
Frederic explains to Hippolita that he is destined by Heaven to do her harm. When she explains that she understands, it grieves him.
When someone blackmails Lady Eva Blackwell, Holmes is called to the case. He disguises himself as a plumber and goes undercover to catch the blackmailer.
Miss Twinkleton pays a visit to London.
A man underlying a death sentence shines a light on what is called the most inexplixable crimes of the century. The case involves an abundant request of specials for any given day and the case of the disappearance of one.
Marlow overhears a conversation regarding Kurtz. Marlow starts his journey up river to visit Kurtz accompanied a by the local natives.
George Washington's Farewell Address was written to "The People of the United States" near the end of his second term as President of the United States and before his retirement to Mount Vernon.
Heathcliff returns to Thrushcross Grange a few months after Catherine and Edgar were married. While Heathcliff stays at Wuthering Heights, Catherine and Isabella visit him; Isabella falls for Heathcliff in the process.
A few abandoned items, which include a pair of broken binoculars and a notebook, are found by a farmhand. The notebook has some macabre commentary, but is incomplete because it is missing the first few pages. It has been studied and it appears to have remnants of blood.
Jekyll’s explanation of events. (Longmans, Green and co., 1886)
Both the Trojans and Greeks devise plans to spy on one another. However, only the Greeks are successful.
After receiving a visit from Jerome, Manfred confronts him calling him “Usurper”.
A wealthy man uses his great fortune to create a fantastic landscape.
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.
David makes new friends and sees some old acquaintances.