Presidential Addresses and Messages
Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1799
by John Adams
John Adams' third Annual Address to Congress (now known as the State of the Union Address).
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The Wind in the Willows
Toad's Adventures
by Kenneth Grahame
Toad, now in jail, escapes with the help a sympathetic party.
Main Street
Chapter 32
by Sinclair Lewis
A minor incident at the barn dance has dire consequences for Fern Mullins. Fern, confident she will be fired, resigns and leaves town.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
Baker Farm
by Henry David Thoreau
After being caught in a rainstorm, Thoreau takes shelter in a neighbor's home.
Vanity Fair
Chapter 22: A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Joseph, Rawdon and George receive orders.
Jane Eyre
Chapter XXXV
by Charlotte Brontë
During the following week, St. John continues to pressure Jane to marry him. She resists as kindly as she can, but her kindness only makes him insist more bitterly and unyieldingly that she accompany him to India as his wife. Diana tells Jane that she would be a fool to go to India with St. John, who considers her merely a tool to aid his great cause. After dinner, St. John prays for Jane, and she is overcome with awe at his powers of speech and his influence. She almost feels compelled to marry him, but at that moment she hears what she thinks is Rochester’s voice, calling her name as if from a great distance. Jane believes that something fateful has occurred, and St. John’s spell over her is broken.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 25: The First Wedding
by Louisa May Alcott
At a small ceremony, Meg marries Mr. Brooke.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 13: Schwalliger's Philanthropy
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mr. Schwalliger helps an old man get back his money after he lost it in a scheme at the racetracks.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Chapter 9: The Monkeys Council
by Hugh Lofting
The monkey council, disappointed by news of the doctor's inevitable departure, decide to give a gift to show their gratitude.
Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 28: Domestic Experiences
by Louisa May Alcott
Meg discovers that married life is not as easy as she thought.
Great Expectations
Chapter 37
by Charles Dickens
Pip gives anonymous assistance to Herbert.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XXIV
by Jane Austen
An uneasy conversation between Elinor and Lucy as insincerity and jealousy reign.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XXXVI
by Jane Austen
Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Jennings’ daughter, has a son; Mrs. Jennings is with her daughter most days, which means Elinor and Marianne are obliged to spend their days with the Middletons.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XXXIII
by Jane Austen
A run-in with John Dashwood reveals more about his character and nature.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chapter 5: Mr. Durdles and Friend
by Charles Dickens
While proceeding home, Jasper encounters Durdles and a boy named called Deputy.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 25: “The Curtain”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
We discover more about the robin. Mary and Colin are transformed into happy delightful children. Colin has opened the drapes in his room that covered his mother’s portrait.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“The Treasure Seeker”
by Andrew Lang
A down-on-his-luck man seeks a long-lost treasure and finds wealth and happiness.
The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat
Chapter 17
by Ross Kay
The boys wait to take the girls home. The girls come back fully recovered and tease the boys with the fact they caused the accident. Fred’s grandfather warns him that he needs to watch out for girls that are tombys because they cause trouble, however they planned to take the girls with them anyway.
Selected American and British Poems
Specimen of an Induction to a Poem
by John Keats
"Lo! I must tell a tale of chivalry;"
The Woman in White
EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued in Several Narratives, Part I”
by Wilkie Collins
A servant contracted by Count Fosco relates the events that took place at St. John's Wood during Lady Glyde's stay.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XVI
by Jane Austen
Marianne is up crying the whole of that night, and is absolutely inconsolable and overly dramatic in her grief.
Northanger Abbey
Chapter XI
by Jane Austen
An early morning rain prevents Catherine’s scheduled walk with Eleanor and Henry Tilney. Around noon, John Thorpe, Isabella, and James show up at her door again, with a plan to visit Bristol. Catherine refuses at first, thinking that Eleanor and Henry may still show up, but John entices her by telling her they will visit a castle and in any case, he saw Henry Tilney driving away in a carriage earlier that morning. Catherine joins them, somewhat reluctantly.
Peter Rabbit and Other Stories
“The Roly-Poly Pudding”
by Beatrix Potter
The hero is the young Tom Kitten; other main characters are the rat Mr Samuel Whiskers and his wife Anna Maria, who catch Tom Kitten and almost use him to make a roly-poly pudding.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 1, Chapter 6: The Wounded Squirrel
by Hugh Lofting
The doctor treats the injured squirrel after a short musical demonstration in the Stubbins home.
Main Street
Chapter 23
by Sinclair Lewis
Raymond enlists, as America enters World War I. Kennicott's desire to enlist is discouraged by the Doctor's Council of Gopher Prairie. Now a wealthy businessman in Boston, Percy Bresnahan returns to visit his hometown amidst a great celebration from the all of Gopher Prairie.