Answers questions on Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe: the shipwreck, life on the island, the footprint and Friday, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“## By Daniel Defoe *With Illustrations by H. M. Brock* London Seeley, Service & Co. Limited 38 Great Russell Street”
Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Thrift: saving, savings banks, debt, economy at home and independence, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“[Footnote 1: LADY HOLLAND—*Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith*, vol. i, p. 206.] De Foe's life was a long battle with difficulty and debt. He was constantly involv…”
Answers questions on Orison Swett Marden's Pushing to the Front: opportunity, perseverance, the value of time and character in a career, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“… to let his son follow his bent. Daniel Defoe had been a trader, a soldier, a merchant, a secretary, a factory manager, a commissioner's accountant, an envoy, a…”
Answers questions on Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities: Doctor Manette, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton and the French Revolution, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
““I want,” said Defarge, who had not removed his gaze from the shoemaker, “to let in a little more light here. You can bear a little more?” The shoemaker stopped…”
Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Self-Help: perseverance, energy, character and the lives of self-made people, quoting the 1859 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“Cardinal Wolsey, De Foe, Akenside, and Kirke White were the sons of butchers; Bunyan was a tinker, and Joseph Lancaster a basket-maker. Among the great names id…”
Answers questions on David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy and Taxation: value, rent, wages, profits and foreign trade, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Utterson, the will, Hyde's crimes and Jekyll's statement, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol: Scrooge, Marley's ghost and the three spirits, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the stave.
Answers questions on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, Willoughby, Edward Ferrars and Colonel Brandon, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on Rousseau's The Social Contract: the general will, sovereignty and legitimate government, quoting G. D. H. Cole's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.