CHAPTER 11 During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again, and Jurgis made more money. He did not make so much, however, as he had the previous summer, for the packers took on more...
CHAPTER 9 One of the first consequences of the discovery of the union was that Jurgis became desirous of learning English. He wanted to know what was going on at the meetings, and to be able to take...
CHAPTER 8 Yet even by this deadly winter the germ of hope was not to be kept from sprouting in their hearts. It was just at this time that the great adventure befell Marija. The victim was Tamoszius...
CHAPTER 5 They had bought their home. It was hard for them to realize that the wonderful house was theirs to move into whenever they chose. They spent all their time thinking about it, and what they...
CHAPTER 4 Promptly at seven the next morning Jurgis reported for work. He came to the door that had been pointed out to him, and there he waited for nearly two hours. The boss had meant for him to...
CHAPTER IV MARTHA When she opened her eyes in the morning it was because a young housemaid had come into her room to light the fire and was kneeling on the hearth-rug raking out the cinders noisily....
CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE CRISIS Part 1 We left Miss Stanley with Ann Veronica's fancy dress in her hands and her eyes directed to Ann Veronica's pseudo-Turkish slippers. When Mr. Stanley...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER I. On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk...
I live for the night, I live for the lights I live for the high 'til I'm free falling I live for the night, I live for the lights I live for the high 'til I'm free...
estis ekstreme kontenta havi kun ni en alternaj jaroj hodiaŭ Arthur Kent kiu estas instruisto de juro aktuale ĉe Rutgers University en Newark nova ĉemizo ne estas veterano de multaj jardekoj en la...