The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER III. It invariably happened in the same way. Mrs. Julius Beaufort, on the night of her annual ball, never failed to appear at the Opera; indeed, she...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER V. The next evening old Mr. Sillerton Jackson came to dine with the Archers. Mrs. Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be...
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...
The Age of Innocence av Edith Wharton kapittel IX. The Countess Olenska hadde sagt "etter fem", og på halv etter time Newland Archer ringte til peeling stucco huset med en gigantisk...
Howards End by E. M. Forster CHAPTER 1 One may as well begin with Helen's letters to her sister. HOWARDS END, TUESDAY. Dearest Meg, It isn't going to be what we expected. It is old and...
Howards End by E. M. Forster CHAPTER 5 It will be generally admitted that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. All sorts and...
Our Mutual Friend por Charles Dickens CAPÍTULO 5 MERCURY PROMPTING Fledgeby mereceu elogio de Alfred Lammle. Ele foi o pior act existente, com um único par de pernas. E o instinto (uma palavra que...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 2 THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE Mr and Mrs Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 1 OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER The school at which young Charley Hexam had first learned from a book--the streets being, for pupils of his degree, the great...
CHAPTER III There was some hauling to be done at the lower end of the wood-lot, and Ethan was out early the next day. The winter morning was as clear as crystal. The sunrise burned red in a pure sky,...