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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Bookworm Antics - Carroll's Wonderland

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

With Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland soon to grace the big screen, here is the original text:

Contents

CHAPTER I. Down the Rabbit-Hole
CHAPTER II. The Pool of Tears
CHAPTER III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale
CHAPTER IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
CHAPTER V. Advice from a Caterpillar
CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper
CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party
CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground
CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story
CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?

This classic tale has had many adaptations, but the first is usually the best.

Source: Project Gutenberg

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bookworm Antics - Grimm's Fairy Tales

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

Those childhood tales of monsters and spice, and nothing nice, came from a sole source: The Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales. Read upon your dark dreams:

Contents

THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES


THE GOLDEN BIRD

HANS IN LUCK

JORINDA AND JORINDEL

THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS

OLD SULTAN

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN

BRIAR ROSE

THE DOG AND THE SPARROW

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE

THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR

THE FROG-PRINCE

CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP

THE GOOSE-GIRL

THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET

RAPUNZEL

FUNDEVOGEL

THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR

HANSEL AND GRETEL

THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE

MOTHER HOLLE

LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

TOM THUMB

RUMPELSTILTSKIN

CLEVER GRETEL

THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON

THE LITTLE PEASANT

FREDERICK AND CATHERINE

SWEETHEART ROLAND

SNOWDROP

THE PINK

CLEVER ELSIE

THE MISER IN THE BUSH

ASHPUTTEL

THE WHITE SNAKE

THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS

THE QUEEN BEE

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER

THE JUNIPER-TREE

THE TURNIP

CLEVER HANS

THE THREE LANGUAGES

THE FOX AND THE CAT

THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS

LILY AND THE LION

THE FOX AND THE HORSE

THE BLUE LIGHT

THE RAVEN

THE GOLDEN GOOSE

THE WATER OF LIFE

THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN

DOCTOR KNOWALL

THE SEVEN RAVENS

THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX

THE SALAD

THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS

KING GRISLY-BEARD

IRON HANS

CAT-SKIN

SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED


Source: Project Gutenberg

Friday, January 15, 2010

Bookworm Antics - Dumas's Count

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

The last part of the eighteen volumes was published January 15, 1846. To commemorate this feat, we offer our readers the chance to peruse Alexander Dumas's: The Count of Monte Cristo in all its glory:

Contents

Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival.

Chapter 2. Father and Son.

Chapter 3. The Catalans.

Chapter 4. Conspiracy.

Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.

Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.

Chapter 7. The Examination.

Chapter 8. The Chateau D'If.

Chapter 9. The Evening of the Betrothal.

Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.

Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.

Chapter 12. Father and Son.

Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.

Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.

Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.

Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.

Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.

Chapter 18. The Treasure.

Chapter 19. The Third Attack.

Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.

Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.

Chapter 22. The Smugglers.

Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.

Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.

Chapter 25. The Unknown.

Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.

Chapter 27. The Story.

Chapter 28. The Prison Register.

Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.

Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.

Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.

Chapter 32. The Waking.

Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.

Chapter 34. The Colosseum.

Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.

Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.

Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.

Chapter 38. The Compact.

Chapter 39. The Guests.

Chapter 40. The Breakfast.

Chapter 41. The Presentation.

Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio.

Chapter 43. The House at Auteuil.

Chapter 44. The Vendetta.

Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.

Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.

Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.

Chapter 48. Ideology.

Chapter 49. Haidee.

Chapter 50. The Morrel Family.

Chapter 51. Pyramus and Thisbe.

Chapter 52. Toxicology.

Chapter 53. Robert le Diable.

Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.

Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti.

Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti.

Chapter 57. In the Lucerne Patch.

Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.

Chapter 59. The Will.

Chapter 60. The Telegraph.

Chapter 61. How a Gardener May Get Rid of the Dormice.

Chapter 62. Ghosts.

Chapter 63. The Dinner.

Chapter 64. The Beggar.

Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene.

Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.

Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.

Chapter 68. A Summer Ball.

Chapter 69. The Inquiry.

Chapter 70. The Ball.

Chapter 71. Bread and Salt.

Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.

Chapter 73. The Promise.

Chapter 74. The Villefort Family Vault.

Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.

Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.

Chapter 77. Haidee.

Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina.

Chapter 79. The Lemonade.

Chapter 80. The Accusation.

Chapter 81. The Ro om of the Retired Baker.

Chapter 82. The Burglary.

Chapter 83. The Hand of God.

Chapter 84. Beauchamp.

Chapter 85. The Journey.

Chapter 86. The Trial.

Chapter 87. The Challenge.

Chapter 88. The Insult.

Chapter 89. A Nocturnal Interview.

Chapter 90. The Meeting.

Chapter 91. Mother and Son.

Chapter 92. The Suicide.

Chapter 93. Valentine.

Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.

Chapter 95. Father and Daughter.

Chapter 96. The Contract.

Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.

Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.

Chapter 99. The Law.

Chapter 100. The Apparition.

Chapter 101. Locusta.

Chapter 102. Valentine.

Chapter 103. Maximilian.

Chapter 104. Danglars Signature.

Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.

Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.

Chapter 107. The Lions' Den.

Chapter 108. The Judge.

Chapter 109. The Assizes.

Chapter 110. The Indictment.

Chapter 111. Expiation.

Chapter 112. The Departure.

Chapter 113. The Past.

Chapter 114. Peppino.

Chapter 115. Luigi Vampa's Bill of Fare.

Chapter 116. The Pardon.

Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.


Source: Project Gutenberg

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Bookworm Antics - Doyle's Holmes Memoirs

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

In the continuing saga of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes, the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes allows readers to get in on the adventures.

Adventure I. Silver Blaze
Adventure II. The Yellow Face
Adventure III. The Stock-Broker's Clerk
Adventure IV. The "Gloria Scott"
Adventure V. The Musgrave Ritual
Adventure VI. The Reigate Puzzle
Adventure VII. The Crooked Man
Adventure VIII. The Resident Patient
Adventure IX. The Greek Interpreter
Adventure X. The Naval Treaty
Adventure XI. The Final Problem

Source: Project Gutenberg

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Friday, September 11, 2009

Bookworm Antics

Staff Writer: DL Mullan

Bookworm Antics houses links to a free read online. We like Dorian Gray, Edgar Allan Poe, Project Gutenberg.

Doyle's Lost World
Wilde's Gray

Coming Soon . . .

Doyle's Holmes
Stroker's Dracula
Doyle's Holmes Memoirs
Dumas's Count
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Leroux's Phantom
Carroll's Wonderland

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