Little Women
Part 2, Chapter 44: My Lord and Lady
by Louisa May Alcott
Laurie and Amy discuss their plans for the future.
Laurie and Amy discuss their plans for the future.
Myra confronts George with her suspicions. George's refusal to conform begins to greatly affect both is social and professional relationships.
Pym and Peters continue to search for a means of escape from the island.
An encounter with an old friend causes some unexpected changes in George's behavior.
Heathcliff leaves one night and is out all night; when he returns he refuses all food, he also refuses a doctor. The next night Nelly finds his dead body; Hareton is the only one to mourn his death.
Carol and Will travel to Gopher Prairie by train, following their marriage. Carol observes the other passengers as the travels, feeling that she could help improve their lives. After great anticipation, Carol arrives in Gopher Prairie.
In an aristocratic residences of Marseilles, Monsieur de Villefort is celebrating his betrothal when he is interrupted by a servant informing him of a Bonapartist plot discovery, including the arrest of Edmond Dantes.
Dorian and friends move their party to Selby Royal. Dorian is distracted and tense. He faints.
Jim resumes the narration again. The group escape the Union Jack as a cannonball is shot at them. Jim discovers the Jolly Roger and goes back to tell the others. Jim overhears someone saying that Silver is approaching with a truce flag.
Anne's feelings regarding Gilbert start to change. The students prepare for exams as Anne admires the natural beauty of Queen's Academy.
Jurgis meets the speaker and eventually introduced to Comrade Ostrinski. Ostrinski explains the concept of socialism to Jurgis.
Henry and Wilson hear another is planning another charge. Henry's regiment has been chose for an offensive charge. Henry and Wilson inform the lieutenant of the offensive. The soldiers await the order for the charge anxiously.
In order to avert a tragedy, Esmeralda agrees to marry Gringoire. Gringoire finally gets some rest.
After being rejected, the monster seeks revenge on all human beings. He explains the circumstances of William’s murder and Justine’s conviction to Victor and then implores him to make another creature to be his mate.
Carol accompanies Kennicott on a hunting trip, admiring the natural landscape of Gopher Prairie. Carol is introduced to the like minded Vida Sherwin and Guy Pollock. Carol's home refurnishing is met with disdain by a miserly and religious neighbor. Carol hosts a party of her own, hoping it will have some influence on the townspeople of Gopher Prairie.
Agnes warns David to be cautious of Steerforth. Uriah reveals his intentions towards Agnes.
The narrator describes a journey through a storm.
Tom's plan helps to complicate Jim's escape.
Bruno and Sylvie and My Lady talk to the Baron about the military and then decide to take a walk and have a picnic in the gardens.
Huck finds a doctor for Tom. The local farmers try to make sense of the previous night.
Christy’s uncle is found to be passenger on the Tallahatchie. The family members are reunited.
Fear is overwhelming Currer after a runaway slave is hunted.
David drops by to check on Miss Betsey's house, then head to Canterbury to visit old friends. Uriah Heep and his mother dominate affairs at the Wickfield estate.
Main Herr talks to Sylvie and Bruno