Black Beauty
Part 4, Chapter 47: Hard Times
by Anna Sewell
Now in the employment of a large cab company, Black Beauty is subjected to harsh treatment by his new master and drivers.
Now in the employment of a large cab company, Black Beauty is subjected to harsh treatment by his new master and drivers.
Mr. Brooke pays a visit to the Marches to make a request of Meg.
The narrator talks of the Veiled Lady and Mr. Moodie.
Mr. Creakle gives a warning to David. David meets some of the other boys at the school.
Dorothy and her friends learn how to walk on water.
While looking out from the tower, Donatello and Kenyon discuss battles, clouds, and the life of monks.
There is an attack and an impending marriage, delayed by a disappearance.
A biography of George Boole.
The narrator leaves New York City and heads to Paris with his new friend. After spending a good deal of time together, they part company and the narrator heads for Boston.
Newland is approached by Ned as he leaves the theater. Newland accepts an invitation from friends, hoping to come into contact with the Countess.
Jonathan journals about his conversation with Count Dracula regarding England and the new estate in London that Jonathan secured for him. He notices strange things about the Count and his castle that makes him feel uneasy and like a prisoner.
On the way home, Catherine tries to figure out what offence she could have caused the General to make him change plans.
A further description of the relationship between Lucy and Robert.
After the funerals of Monsieur and Madame de Saint-Meran, Monsieur de Villefort begins to arrange the marriage of Valetine.
Mr. Douglass remembers the kindness of Miss Lucretia.
The author gives advice in hopes of creating a strong, independent Italian state.
Marmaduke is sick and has to stay in bed. He becomes very lonely because his siblings were sent to visit their uncle until he Marmaduke recovers. The Toyman visits him and sings to him while making him a special toy to help cheer him up.
The narrator is escorted into a small dark apartment where he is supposed to furnish musical entertainment for a small dinner party. He strikes up a friendly relationship with the host.
A change of disguises allows Uncas to escape a dire fate. Hawkeye trusts that the Huron’:s superstitions will save Gamut.
Violence erupts in London as people attempt to escape the Martian attack.
Pitt sends an invitation to family. Rebecca continues to make grand plans.
Following the death of President Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln prepares to leave the White House. Elizabeth's business continues to prosper.
Miss Pross is reunited with her long lost brother. Carton comes up with a plan to help Darnay and coerces Barsad into helping him.
The morning arrives with no fresh invitations from James, Isabella, and John. Catherine goes on her walk with Henry and Eleanor. The Tilneys discuss the landscape in terms of drawing, and Catherine soon finds herself out of her element.
The reintroduction of Willoughby seems particularly designed to prove him as callow and cruel as his behavior to Marianne in London suggested.