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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - Chapter 01

Black Beauty is a novel told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.

Death in Venice - Chapter II

Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.

Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere - Chapter 03

Beowulf, the epic tale of adventure that follows Beowulf as he battles Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and later becomes king. Beowulf was originally written in Old English by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries.

Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades - Chapter 02

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

American Naturalist: Rambles in Florida by R.E.C. Stearns - Part 01

An introduction to the history, landmarks, and natural life of Fernandina. A description of the journey to—and arrival at—Cedar Key