THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ADVENTURE V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS When I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases between the years '82 and...
CHAPTER 9 In Mrs. Peniston's youth, fashion had returned to town in October; therefore on the tenth day of the month the blinds of her Fifth Avenue residence were drawn up, and the eyes of the...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XV. Newland Archer arrived at the Chiverses' on Friday evening, and on Saturday went conscientiously through all the rites appertaining to a...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XXI. The small bright lawn stretched away smoothly to the big bright sea. The turf was hemmed with an edge of scarlet geranium and coleus, and cast-iron...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XXXIII. It was, as Mrs. Archer smilingly said to Mrs. Welland, a great event for a young couple to give their first big dinner. The Newland Archers, since...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER VII. Mrs. Henry van der Luyden listened in silence to her cousin Mrs. Archer's narrative. It was all very well to tell yourself in advance that...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 9 IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL The Secretary, working in the Dismal Swamp betimes next morning, was informed that a youth waited in the hall who gave...
CHAPTER 24 In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, under penalty of freezing to death. Day after day he roamed about in...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER X. The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. As was the custom in old-fashioned Episcopalian New York, she usually...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XVII. "Your cousin the Countess called on mother while you were away," Janey Archer announced to her brother on the evening of his...