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The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 5: The Marriage-Feast

by Alexandre Dumas, pére

During a celebration, Dantes is unexpectedly arrested, without any explanation.

The Colored Cadet at West Point

Chapter 15: Graduation—In the Army

by Henry O. Flipper

Upon graduating from West Point, Lieutenant Flipper reports for active duty in the U.S. Army amidst much fanfare.

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.

Main Street

Chapter 17

by Sinclair Lewis

Carol proposes the formation of a drama club, eventually convincing Will to take her to Minneapolis so she can watch some modern plays. Carol enjoys herself in the city, but finds that her unrefined husband is having trouble adapting to city life.

A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics

by George Berkeley

An essay/argument for Sir Isaac Newton and the author’s mathematical beliefs and philosophies. The full title is "A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics: In answer To a Pamphlet of Philalethes Cantabrigiensis, intitled, Geometry no Friend to Infidelity, or a Defence of Sir ISAAC NEWTON, and the BRITISH Mathematicians. Also an Appendix concerning Mr. WALTON’s Vindication of the Principles of Fluxions contained in the ANALYST."

Dracula

Chapter 12

by Bram Stoker

There is another attempt to save Lucy through a transfusion. News arrives from Mina and Jonathan. A change begins to take place in Lucy.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 6: “The Reigate Puzzle”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes becomes involved with a case that involves a robbery of an invaluable assortment of things and then the murder of a coachman of a nearby estate.

Jane Eyre

Chapter XXVII

by Charlotte Brontë

After falling asleep for a short while, Jane awakes to the realization that she must leave Thornfield. When she steps out of her room, she finds Rochester waiting in a chair on the threshold. To Rochester’s assurances that he never meant to wound her, and to his pleas of forgiveness, Jane is silent, although she confides to the reader that she forgave him on the spot. Jane suddenly feels faint, and Rochester carries her to the library to revive her. He then offers her a new proposal—to leave England with him for the South of France, where they will live together as husband and wife. Jane refuses, explaining that no matter how Rochester chooses to view the situation, she will never be more than a mistress to him while Bertha is alive. Rochester realizes that he must explain why he does not consider himself married, and he launches into the story of his past.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 78: We Hear From Yanina

by Alexandre Dumas, pére

A newspaper prints an article which slanders the name of Fernand de Morcerf.

Flappers and Philosophers

The Four Fists

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Samuel Meredith recalls some pivotal moments in his life.

Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef

Part II, Chapter VII

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Molly is forced onto the breakers. Spike is willing to sacrifice all else for his own escape.

The Number Concept

“Chapter 4”

by Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D.

This passage is a continuation of the author's discussion of number word origins.

Ethan Frome

Chapter 9

by Edith Wharton

Ethan insists on taking Mattie to the station.

The Iliad

Introduction

by Homer

Introduction by Theodore Buckley

The Iliad

Book 3: The Duel of Menelaus and Paris

by Homer

The Trojans and Achaeans come to an agreement in an attempt to establish peace. Paris and Menelaus face each other in battle, but outside forces intervene on the outcome.

Walden; or, Life in the Woods

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

by Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau remembers the many different locations he surveyed before settling at Walden Pond.

Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians

Chapter 3: "Sir William Rowan Hamilton"

by Alexander MacFarlane

A biography of Sir William Rowan Hamilton.

The Iliad

Book 20: The Battle of the Gods, and the Acts of Achilles

by Homer

News of Achilles entrance into the field of battle prompts Zeus to remove his injunction.

The Iliad

Book 12: The Battle at the Grecian Wall

by Homer

Hector charges the Greek ramparts, pushing the Achaeans back to their ships.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure 9: “The Greek Interpreter”

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A man comes to Mycroft Holmes and tells him of his strange encounter. Sherlock Holmes then becomes involved because of his brother’s laziness.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Book Tenth, Chapter 5

by Victor Hugo

King Louis XI, in Paris visiting, reviews the crown's expenditures, taking great pride in a specially designed cage in the Bastille. The Truand uprising continues as Gringoire is interrogated by the King.