Civil Rights and Conflict in the United States: Selected Speeches
The Struggle for Human Rights, Paris, France, September 28, 1948
by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the importance human rights.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure 8: “The Resident Patient”
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A man is found in an unusual business agreement and entreats Holmes for his help.
Up from Slavery
Chapter 2: Boyhood Days
by Booker T. Washington
Newfound freedom gives the Washington family the opportunity to move. The author further realizes the importance of an education.
The Blithedale Romance
Chapter VI: “Coverdale’s Sick-Chamber”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Coverdale is bed-ridden due to illness. He is attended by Hollingsworth during his rantings, forming a friendship between the men. Zenobia visits with gruel, and he tries to discover the secrets of her past.
Presidential Addresses and Messages
Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801
by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's first Annual Address to Congress (now known as the State of the Union Address).
The Age of Innocence
Part 1, Chapter 15
by Edith Wharton
Newland departs for Florida in spite of a request by Ellen.
The Professor
Chapter 1: Introductory
by Charlotte Brontë
The narrator introduces himself through a letter written to an old schoolmate. The letter tells of his decision to become a tradesman, as well as of meeting his brother and his brother's wife.
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, Part III”
by Wilkie Collins
Pesca brings exciting news. Walter's reaction doesn't equal the reaction of the others.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Second, Chapter 7
by Victor Hugo
In order to avert a tragedy, Esmeralda agrees to marry Gringoire. Gringoire finally gets some rest.
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter XXXVII
by Jane Austen
An engagement announcement causes at uproar.
A Little Princess
Chapter 10: The Indian Gentleman
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara is startled into realizing that she looks like the poor children she had seen in her better days.
The Number Concept
“Chapter 7”
by Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D.
More on the history of number systems.
How Sammy Went to Coral-Land
Chapter 5
by Emily Paret Atwater
Sammy arrives at Coral-Land. The readers learn intersting facts about anemones. Sammy, too, learns the wonders and the mysteries of Coral-Land. Upon learning this, he joins a school of salmon and swims home.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Introduction
by Frederick Douglass
Introduction by James McCune Smith.
The Castle of Otranto
Chapter II
by Horace Walpole
There is news of the Princess’s death.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 1, Chapter 24: The Coral Realm
by Jules Verne
A distracted Captain Nemo asks Aronnax for some medical assistance. The men travel to the coral kingdom to bury the dead.
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Chapter 18: Teaching Literature
by Thomas E. Sanders
Different and effective methods for instructing students in subject of literature.
The Woman in White
EPOCH ONE: “The Story Continued by Vincent Gilmore, Part III”
by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Gilmore details the circumstances surrounding the creation of the marriage contract and the financial state of Miss Fairlie's affairs. He meets Walter, who seems much altered from the man he was.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chapter 13: Both at Their Best
by Charles Dickens
With the arrival of the Christmas recess, Edwin and Rosa come to an agreement in regards to their relationship. Edward devises a plan to break the news to Jasper.
The Age of Innocence
Part 2, Chapter 26
by Edith Wharton
Newland discovers new details about Ellen's relationship with the Mingott family, following her decision regarding her marriage.
The Jungle
Chapter 10
by Upton Sinclair
House expenses continue to trouble Jurgis and his family. Ona, who has become pregnant and given birth to a son, is in poor health after returning to work too soon to recover from child birth.
Babbitt
Chapter 30
by Sinclair Lewis
Myra's, having returned from her sister's, protests her husbands strange new behavior.
Gulliver's Travels
Part One: A Voyage to Lilliput: Chapter 2
by Jonathan Swift
The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement. The emperor’s person and habit described. Learned men appointed to teach the author their language. He gains favour by his mild disposition. His pockets are searched, and his sword and pistols taken from him.
The Woman in White
EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, Part V”
by Wilkie Collins
Marian and Laura take a walk, where Laura reveals some details of her marriage to Sir Percival. They see a strange figure, and Marian tries to find out who it could have been.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book First, Chapter 4
by Victor Hugo
Coppenole convinces the Parisians to run the election as they do in Flanders.
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