The Haunting of Hill House on The Canterville Ghost: “"Do you recall," he asked with a little smile, "Oscar Wilde's lovely story, 'The Canterville Ghost'?" "The American twins who routed the fine old English ghost," Theodora said.”
The Lottery and Other Stories on Jane Eyre: “"I figure I'd like two good sets, big, like Dickens," he said, "and then a couple of smaller sets." "And a copy of Jane Eyre," his wife said, in her soft voice. — a customer buying books in "The Tooth"/bookstore-set story.”
The Lottery and Other Stories on The Charterhouse of Parma: “She went into Whelan's and sat at the counter, putting her copy of the Villager down on the counter next to her pocketbook and The Charterhouse of Parma, which she had read enthusiastically up to page fifty and only carried now for effect.”
Dark Tales on Silas Marner: “"She had read Silas Marner aloud almost daily for the past ten years, marked tests in a dainty blue pencil, and still blushed dreadfully at the age of thirty-four." — from the story "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," describing Miss Matt's years of teaching.”