The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 6
by Edith Wharton
Newland ponders his upcoming marriage to May. Newland hopes that he can help the Countess be accepted in high society.
Newland ponders his upcoming marriage to May. Newland hopes that he can help the Countess be accepted in high society.
The people are not impressed by Gringoire's new work. The Cardinal finally makes his appearance.
Donatello tells Kenyon that he has the gift of talking to animals and tries to communcate with the creatures of nature.
Barton Park is a very open and elegant home, and Sir John and his wife are never without a good many guests. Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon are introduced and described.
Siegfried awakens a princess.
Sylvie and Bruno go to sleep outdoors.
Dorothy and her friends learn how to walk on water.
As they travel, it begins to rain and they decide to take shelter for the night as they pass through the Erie Canal. However, the hotel is questionable, as are the folk that inhabit it, so the boys are hesitant. They have no choice because of the rain and reluctantly take the rooms offered to them.
A young shepherd refuses to abide by the laws of the kingdom when the king sneezes. The shepherd survives three perilous trials and refused three magnificent gifts for the hand of the princess in marriage, which he eventually gets out of the king’s frustration.
A R I S E, my soul, on wings enraptur'd, rise
A short story about the rain and the first few days of March/Spring.
Du Bois introduces the struggles and strives of the Negro over the course of history.
Munro and Chingachgook mourn their losses. Tamenund laments the end of the Mohican bloodline.
Coverdale encounters a stranger bound for Blithedale, and begins to question his involvement with Zenobia.
Phoebe begins spending more and more time with Holgrave. He tells her his thoughts on the Pycheon curse and reads her an article he has written about it.
A king ends up cursed.
The author presents his opinion on poetry and the ultimate goal of art.
Grandfather Frog formulates a plan whereby Jerry Muskrat will gnaw and dig a hole in the dam and force water through it. Jerry sets off to work.
Tommy awakens to a dire situation, awash in the Curlew's wreckage.
Alice's testimony angers the Queen, resulting in a harsh sentence before the verdict is read. Amidst the sudden chaos of Wonderland, Alice suddenly finds herself in more familiar surroundings.
The monster tells Victor of his confusion and awe in discovering the basic functions of life and the many aspects of fire. Humans were frightened by his appearance causing him to avoid any contact with them. From a hovel he observes the occupants of a cottage.
"The Anti-Slavery Movement." Extracts from a Lecture before Various Anti-Slavery Bodies, in the Winter of 1855.
The narrator describes a negro man who works in a pinery and turpentine camp.