Imperial Palace (Arnold Bennett) (Literary Thoughts Edition)

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Arnold Bennett. Imperial Palace (Arnold Bennett) (Literary Thoughts Edition)

Imperial Palace, by Arnold Bennett

Chapter I – 4 A.M

Chapter II – ARRIVALS

Chapter III – THE MEAT-BUYER

Chapter IV – THE DRIVE

Chapter V – GRACIE AT SMITHFIELD

Chapter VI – BIRTH OF DAY

Chapter VII – THE HOTEL WAKING UP

Chapter VIII – THE NEW LIFE

Chapter IX – CONFERENCE

Chapter X – LAUNDRY

Chapter XI – SHADES

Chapter XII – DAUGHTER AND FATHER

Chapter XIII – GREEN PARROT

Chapter XIV – VOLIVIA

Chapter XV – CUISINE

Chapter XVI – ESCAPE

Chapter XVII – 2 A.M. TO 3 A.M

Chapter XVIII – THE VACANT SITUATION

Chapter XIX – POWDER AND ROUGE

Chapter XX – THE BOARD

Chapter XXI – SHAREHOLDERS

Chapter XXII – THE RESOLUTION

Chapter XXIII – SUSAN

Chapter XXIV – DOGS

Chapter XXV – EARLY MORN

Chapter XXVI – NERVE-STORM

Chapter XXVII – CRIME

Chapter XXVIII – COUSIN

Chapter XXIX – VIOLET’S ARRIVAL

Chapter XXX – OFFICIAL INTERVIEW

Chapter XXXI – BOWELS OF THE HOTEL

Chapter XXXII – INITIATION

Chapter XXXI – A FRIEND

Chapter XXXIV – VIOLET AND MAC

Chapter XXXV – RETURN TO EIGHTH

Chapter XXXVI – MESS LUNCH

Chapter XXXVII – THE NEW MILLIONAIRE

Chapter XXXVIII – FALSE REPRIEVE

Chapter XXXIX – HOUSEKEEPERS

Chapter XL – NEGOTIATION

Chapter XLI – AN ATTACK

Chapter XLII – CERIA AND SIR HENRY

Chapter XLIII – SABBATH

Chapter XLIV – THE VAMP

Chapter XLV – THE PANJANDRUM’S RETURN

Chapter XLVI – ANOTHER CONFERENCE

Chapter XLVII – NEW YEAR’S EVE

Chapter XLVIII – TESSA

Chapter XLIX – NEW YEAR’S MORNING

Chapter L – IN THE RAIN

Chapter LI – AFTER THE STORM

Chapter LII – TELEPHONE

Chapter LIII – ELECTRONS

Chapter LIV – CALIGULA

Chapter LV – ON THE BOULEVARD

Chapter LVI – DECLARATION

Chapter LVII – THE GLOVE

Chapter LVIII – THE LOVELY MILKMAID

Chapter LIX – TEMPER

Chapter LX – THE CASH-GIRL

Chapter LXI – THE HELPMEET

Chapter LXII – MELODRAMA

Chapter LXIII – VIOLET AND CERIA

Chapter LXIV – HIS LETTER

Chapter LXV – CERIA’S OFFICE

Chapter LXVI – HER LETTER

Chapter LXVII – WORKS

Chapter LXVIII – THE SCENE

Chapter LXIX – EASY-CHAIR

Chapter LXX – THE DUNCANNON AFFAIR

Chapter LXXI – NIGHT-WORK

Chapter LXXII – QUEEN ANNE

Chapter LXXIII – THE SUPPER

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The great front-hall was well lighted; but the lamps were islands in the vast dusky spaces; at 2 a.m. the chandeliers—sixteen lamps apiece—which hung in the squares of the panelled ceiling ceased to shower down their spendthrift electricity on the rugs and the concrete floor impressively patterned in huge lozenges of black and white. Behind the long counters to the right of the double revolving doors at the main entrance shone the two illuminated signs, “Reception” and “Enquiries,” always at the same strength day and night. The foyer down the steps, back beyond the hall, had one light. The restaurant down the steps beyond the foyer had one light. The reading-room, cut out of the hall by glass partitions, had no light. The grill-room, which gave on a broad corridor opposite the counters, had several lights; in theory it opened for breakfasts at 6 a.m., but in fact it was never closed, nor its kitchen closed.

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