The Odd Women
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George Gissing. The Odd Women
CHAPTER I. THE FOLD AND THE SHEPHERD
CHAPTER II. ADRIFT
CHAPTER III. AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN
CHAPTER IV. MONICA'S MAJORITY
CHAPTER V. THE CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER VI. A CAMP OF THE RESERVE
CHAPTER VII. A SOCIAL ADVANCE
CHAPTER VIII. COUSIN EVERARD
CHAPTER IX. THE SIMPLE FAITH
CHAPTER X. FIRST PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER XI. AT NATURE'S BIDDING
CHAPTER XII. WEDDINGS
CHAPTER XIII. DISCORD OF LEADERS
CHAPTER XIV. MOTIVES MEETING
CHAPTER XV. THE JOYS OF HOME
CHAPTER XVI. HEALTH FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER XVII. THE TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XVIII. A REINFORCEMENT
CHAPTER XIX. THE CLANK OF THE CHAINS
CHAPTER XX. THE FIRST LIE
CHAPTER XXI. TOWARDS THE DECISIVE
CHAPTER XXII. HONOUR IN DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER XXIII. IN AMBUSH
CHAPTER XXIV. TRACKED
CHAPTER XXV. THE FATE OF THE IDEAL
CHAPTER XXVI. THE UNIDEAL TESTED
CHAPTER XXVII. THE REASCENT
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BURDEN OF FUTILE SOULS
CHAPTER XXIX. CONFESSION AND COUNSEL
CHAPTER XXX. RETREAT WITH HONOUR
CHAPTER XXXI. A NEW BEGINNING
Отрывок из книги
Just before Christmas of 1887, a lady past her twenties, and with a look of discouraged weariness on her thin face, knocked at a house-door in a little street by Lavender Hill. A card in the window gave notice that a bedroom was here to let. When the door opened, and a clean, grave, elderly woman presented herself, the visitor, regarding her anxiously, made known that she was in search of a lodging.
'It may be for a few weeks only, or it may be for a longer period,' she said in a low, tired voice, with an accent of good breeding. 'I have a difficulty in finding precisely what I want. One room would be sufficient, and I ask for very little attendance.'
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At nine o'clock they took a cup of cocoa and a biscuit, and half an hour later they went to bed. Lamp oil was costly; and indeed they felt glad to say as early as possible that another day had gone by.
Their hour of rising was eight. Mrs. Conisbee provided hot water for their breakfast. On descending to fetch it, Virginia found that the postman had left a letter for her. The writing on the envelope seemed to be a stranger's. She ran upstairs again in excitement.
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