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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Read the opening of Chapter 5, ending when Victor first leaves the room. Follow the movement from anticipated achievement to disgust. Compare the features...

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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Read the first paragraphs of Chapter I in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, stopping before the stranger speaks. Pip explains his name and remembers im...

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Read Chapter I from the bad weather to Jane reading alone behind the curtain. Stop before John enters. Compare her exclusion from the fireside family group...

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Read Chapter I of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The opening makes a confident claim about a wealthy unmarried man, then shifts attention towards the s...

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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Read the opening of Chapter VII, stopping when Mary says she would like to see Martha’s cottage. The storm has cleared, and the moor now looks inviting. Co...

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The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Read Chapter I from Mole’s spring-cleaning to his first encounter with the river, stopping before he notices the hole in the opposite bank. Contrast his du...

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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Read Chapter I from the captain’s arrival at the Admiral Benbow to his request that Jim watch for a seafaring man with one leg. His forceful manner suggest...

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