Howards End by E. M. Forster CHAPTER 30 Tibby was now approaching his last year at Oxford. He had moved out of college, and was contemplating the Universe, or such portions of it as concerned him,...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 16 MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS The Secretary lost no time in getting to work, and his vigilance and method soon set their mark on the Golden Dustman's...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 9 MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION Betaking himself straight homeward, Mr Boffin, without further let or hindrance, arrived at the Bower, and gave Mrs...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 12 THE PASSING SHADOW The winds and tides rose and fell a certain number of times, the earth moved round the sun a certain number of times, the ship upon...
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 18 Jurgis did not get out of the Bridewell quite as soon as he had expected. To his sentence there were added "court costs" of a dollar and a half--he was supposed to pay for...
CHAPTER 6 Jurgis and Ona were very much in love; they had waited a long time--it was now well into the second year, and Jurgis judged everything by the criterion of its helping or hindering their...
CHAPTER "The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge."...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XVIII. "What are you two plotting together, aunt Medora?" Madame Olenska cried as she came into the room. She was dressed as if for a...
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton CHAPTER XXIII. The next morning, when Archer got out of the Fall River train, he emerged upon a steaming midsummer Boston. The streets near the station were full...