Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 6: Marilla Makes Up Her Mind
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A proposition is offered to Marilla by Mrs. Spencer.
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The Call of the Wild
Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership
by Jack London
Buck takes Spitz's old spot, proving himself to be very proficient in his new job.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chapter 15: Impeached
by Charles Dickens
Neville is questioned in regards to Edwin's whereabouts. Mr. Grewgious' delivers the news of Edwin and Rosa's decision not to wed to Jasper.
Wuthering Heights
Chapter 15
by Emily Brontë
When Nelly delivers the letter to Catherine, she is too ill to even hold it. Heathcliff comes out of hiding in the Grange and speaks to Catherine about their love. When Edgar comes home, he finds them together.
The Woman in White
EPOCH TWO: “The Story Continued by Marian Halcombe, Part IX”
by Wilkie Collins
Marian sees an opportunity to listen in on the conversation between Sir Percival and the Count.
The Colored Cadet at West Point
Chapter 16: Smith at West Point
by Henry O. Flipper
The author tells the story of James Webster Smith.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Landor's Cottage
by Edgar Allan Poe
The narrator describes the other worldly nature of Landor's Cottage.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Chapter 18”
by Oscar Wilde
Dorian ponders his fate. He joins the men on a hunt, that ends with disturbing results.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the Second: The Golden Thread—Chapter 17: One Night
by Charles Dickens
Dr. Manette starts to put his imprisonment behind him.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Chapter 25: “Life Out of Death”
by Lewis Carroll
The narrator receives a letter from Lady Muriel. Eric has returned.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the First: Recalled to Life—Chapter 3: The Night Shadows
by Charles Dickens
Lorry takes part in a strange conversation as his fellow travelers dream.
The Journey to the Center of the Earth
Chapter XX. THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS
by Jules Verne
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 1: The Scapegoat
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Mr. Asbury is a businessman who successfully works his way up from a barbershop owner to a lawyer. Upon his success, Mr. Bingo conspires against him to make Mr. Asbury the scapegoat for his crimes.
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Jelly-Bean
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jelly-Bean, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story following Jim Powell, an excessive gambler and outcast who has given up on polite society, as he tries to impress his new love interst, Nancy Lamar.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro”
by Andrew Lang
A poor beggar boy is left with nothing but a beautiful pear tree when his father dies. A fox sees the pear tree and promises to bring him good luck if he does what he is told. His life is transformed and the fox asks only for a coffin when he dies because he is the one responsible for the former beggar’s good fortune.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter III: “Sumner Receives a Second Offer”
by Kirk Munroe
Sumner and the Mantons strike up a friendship because of the incident involving the schooner.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XV: “Worth and Quorom in Search of Sumner”
by Kirk Munroe
Worth and Quorum seach for the missing Sumner.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 4: “The Vegetable Kingdom”
by L. Frank Baum
The friends discover the little people are actually vegetables that grow from plants. They have to be replanted every five years.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XXIX: “A Very Serious Predicament”
by Kirk Munroe
The men are not nearly as happy as Quorum. They struggle with making a plan of action, discussing the perils of adventuring.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
The Bean-Field
by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau goes through great labors to grow his field of beans.
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 12: “The Minister’s Vigil”
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dimmesdale mounts the scaffold where his behavior becomes absurd and neurotic followed by the next day’s powerful sermon and the mystery of the burning A in the sky.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 7: The Poor Whites, South
by William Wells Brown
Synder talks about the poor whites in the South.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XL: “The Happy Ending of the Cruise”
by Kirk Munroe
All are reunited to make happy plans for the future. Sumner realizes the errors of his thinking.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 6: Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd's Plantation
by Frederick Douglass
More about life on Lloyd's Plantation.
The Olive Fairy Book
The Satin Surgeon
by Traditional
A king has two daughters, though one is ugly and cruel and the other beautiful and kind. A prince is supposed to be promised to the former, but falls in love with the latter. The bitter sister and the king send away the younger princess to a tower where she is trapped. The prince tries to see his princess, but is harmed by the plans of the elder sister.The princess escapes her tower and sets off to save the prince she loves.