Selected Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
"A Chapter on Dreams"
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A discussion of dreams and how they can affect the dreamer.
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Dracula
Chapter 19
by Bram Stoker
The men enter Carfax to try to determine the location of the fifty boxes of earth. Mina is left alone, and finds herself feeling strange things.
The Story of Siegfried
Adventure 3: “The Curse of Gold”
by James Baldwin
Regin tells his story, and Siegfried agrees to go with him to get the treasure.
The House of the Seven Gables
Chapter II: “The Little Shop-Window”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hepzibah's nearsightedness and lack of education cause her to tend the store herself. This upsets her and she runs into the house crying.
Florida: Essays and Poems
Billy Bowlegs and the Seminole War
by John Clayton Gifford
A short biographical sketch of the Seminole chief known as Billy Bowlegs.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 2, Chapter 3: A Pearl Worth Ten Million
by Jules Verne
Captain Nemo and the men go pearl hunting.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 41: The Presentation
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The Count of Monte Cristo meets Alberts parents Monsieur and Madame de Morcerf.
Dracula
Chapter 4
by Bram Stoker
Jonathan attempts to escape the castle to no avail. His letters are intercepted by the Count. He discovers where the Count sleeps. Gypsies come to do work for the Count at the castle, but Jonathan is not able to communicate with the outside world. He waits for his doom.
The Call of the Wild
Chapter 6: For the Love of a Man
by Jack London
Having been driven hard, Buck eventually begins to regain his strength. Buck faithfully serves his master John Thornton.
Main Street
Chapter 14
by Sinclair Lewis
Carol and Will have their first argument. Will complains about Carol's "highbrow" attitude, and the effect is it having on his personal and professional relationships.
Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians
Chapter 5: "Arthur Cayley"
by Alexander MacFarlane
A biography of Arthur Cayley.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 3: The Mission of Mr. Scatters
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A well dressed stranger, Mr. Scatters, comes to the sleepy town of Miltonville to give Mr. Isaac Jackson an inheritance from his rich brother.
The Souls of Black Folk
Chapter 3: Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Du Bois analyzes the effect Booker T. Washington had on the American Negroes and whites.
Dracula
Chapter 8
by Bram Stoker
Lucy is attacked by a tall thin figure and has two puncture marks on her throat. She continues to act strangely in her sleep. Mina hears that Jonathan is in a hospital in the care of Mr. Peter Hopkins. Jonathan requests she join him and marry him there. Dr. Jack Seward tells about the strange behavior he observers from his lunatic client Renfield.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 47: The Dappled Grays
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Ali, one of the slaves of the Count of Monte Cristo, helps to save Madame Villefort and her son Edward.
Moby Dick
Chapter 32: Cetology
by Herman Melville
Ishmael describes the various types of whales.
Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians
Chapter 2: "Augustus De Morgan"
by Alexander MacFarlane
A biography of Augustus De Morgan.
David Copperfield
Chapter 26: I Fall into Captivity
by Charles Dickens
Mr. Spenlow invites David to his home, where he is introduced to Dora. Mrs. Crupp sees a change in David's attitude upon returning from the Spenlow home.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 45: The Rain of Blood
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
Bertuccio finishes telling his story for why he fears the house Auteuil to the Count of Monte Cristo. The Count and Bertuccio then return to the house in Paris.
In the Wilds of Florida
Chapter 6
by W.H.G. Kingston
The men travel through the Keys and meet with more adventure.
Dracula
Chapter 26
by Bram Stoker
Mina helps the group determine Dracula’s intended destination. They split up in hopes of cataching him before it it too late.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Chapter 10
by James Weldon Johnson
On the way to Boston, the narrator strikes up a conversation with another man regarding racial issues. Once in Boston, they continue to debate and discuss the social/racial problems of the day. The narrator comes upon several other interesting characters.
A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics
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."
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
by Edgar Allan Poe
The narrator discovers a long-lost Oriental text called Tellmenow Isitsoornot, and is shocked to find the real story of the grand vizier's daughter Scheherazade in Arabian Nights. Then the narrator summarizes what he finds in Isitsoornot.
The Iliad
Book 13: The Fourth Battle Continued, in which Neptune Assists the Greeks; The Acts of Idomeneus
by Homer
With Zeus absent from the field of battle, Poseidon gives some much needed assistance to the Greeks.