A Tale of Two Cities
Book the Second: The Golden Thread—Chapter 5: The Jackal
by Charles Dickens
Stryver and Carton discuss the days proceedings over drinks. Stryver questions Carton's feelings for Lucie.
Stryver and Carton discuss the days proceedings over drinks. Stryver questions Carton's feelings for Lucie.
Phileas, having had his passport stamped, has a meal at the train station while Passepartout once again runs errands. A cultural misstep by Passepartout results in an incident at the temple and gives Detective Fix further grounds to obtain an arrest warrant.
Captain Larsen's frustration is taken out on Mugridge, who is greatly injured in the process.
After dinner, Mattie and Ethan talk. Although she is absent, Zeena's presence is still felt in the house.
A grand debate at the general assembly of the HOUYHNHNMS, and how it was determined. The learning of the HOUYHNHNMS. Their buildings. Their manner of burials. The defectiveness of their language.
Queen Ann was the ruler of Oogaboo, the smallest and poorest in the land of Oz (except for the peaceful Emerald City ruled by the young Ozma). Ann decides to build an army and overtake Ozma’s throne.
The Yankee meets Clarence. The Yankee tells Clarence about an eclipse that will occur within a few days. Clarence waits to see if it’s true. Clarence tells him about being a prisoner.
Danglers is captured by Luigi Vampa on his way out of Rome.
The author gives some account of himself and family. His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life. Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.
The narrator presents a more thorough history of the Notre Dame cathedral.
The author describes motion and continues on the subject of nature.
Fagin watches Nancy closely, hoping to blackmail her with any information he discovers.
The author explains the three kinds of propositions that will be used in the game.
Jane and Rochester marry with no witnesses other than the parson and the church clerk. Jane writes to her cousins with the news. St. John never acknowledges what has happened, but Mary and Diana write back with their good wishes. Jane visits Adèle at her school, and finds her unhappy. Remembering her own childhood experience, Jane moves Adèle to a more congenial school, and Adèle grows up to be a very pleasant and mild-mannered young woman. Jane writes that she is narrating her story after ten years of marriage to Rochester, which she describes as inexpressibly blissful. They live as equals, and she helps him to cope with his blindness. After two years, Rochester begins to regain his vision in one eye, and when their first child—a boy—is born, Rochester is able to see the baby. Jane writes that Diana and Mary have both found husbands and that St. John went to India as he had planned. She notes that in his last letter, St. John claimed to have had a premonition of his own approaching death. She does not believe that she will hear from St. John again, but she does not grieve for him, saying that he has fulfilled his promise and done God’s work. She closes her book with a quote from his letter.
The year ends and Muriel and the narrator mourn the death of Arthur.
The Count of Monte Cristo visits Danglers at his home to speak to him about a business arrangement.
Pip befriends Wemmick and gets a chance to see Jaggers in action.
A poetic narrative describing Oscar Wilde's experiences in the Reading Gaol.
Jurgis and Ona finally marry. Ona and Elzbiata are constantly sick, while Antanas develops a cough and open sores from work. The harsh winter in Packingtown intensifies the hardships of the family.
The author discusses an international history of number words.
Jurgis looks for work and is temporarily hired at Brown and Company. More of Jurgis's and Ona's life in Lithuania is revisited. Their decision to immigrate to Chicago is met with a series of encounters with corrupt agents and officials.
Franz and Albert join the Count of Monte Cristo for breakfast and then an execution.
The secretive Pickwick Club is disclosed to the reader.
After receiving a visit from his nephew, Charles Darnay, the Marquis receives a painful message.