Howards End by E. M. Forster CHAPTER 33 The day of her visit was exquisite, and the last of unclouded happiness that she was to have for many months. Her anxiety about Helen's extraordinary...
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 2 STILL EDUCATIONAL The person of the house, doll's dressmaker and manufacturer of ornamental pincushions and pen-wipers, sat in her quaint little...
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 6 CUT ADRIFT The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, already mentioned as a tavern of a dropsical appearance, had long settled down into a state of hale...
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...
CHAPTER 15 The beginning of these perplexing things was in the summer; and each time Ona would promise him with terror in her voice that it would not happen again--but in vain. Each crisis would leave...
CHAPTER 61 Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked...
CHAPTER 47 "I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth," said her uncle, as they drove from the town; "and really, upon serious consideration, I am much more inclined...