Contents
NOVELS
Fast and Loose
Dedication
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
The Touchstone.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
The Valley of Decision.
~Dedication~
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
~Book II.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
~Book III.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
~Book IV.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
Sanctuary.
~Part I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
~Part II.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
The House of Mirth.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
~Book II.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
Madame de Treymes.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
Fruit of the Tree.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
~Book II.~
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
~Book III.~
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
~Book IV.~
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
XLI.
XLII.
XLIII.
Ethan Frome.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
The Reef.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
~Book II.~
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
~Book III.~
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
~Book IV.~
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
~Book V.~
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
The Custom of the Country.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
~Book II.~
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
~Book III.~
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
~Book IV.~
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
~Book V.~
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
XLI.
XLII.
XLIII.
XLIV.
XLV.
XLVI.
Summer.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
The Marne.
Dedication
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
The Age of Innocence.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
~Book II.~
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
The Glimpses of the Moon.
~Part I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
~Part II.~
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
~Part III.~
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
A Son at the Front.
~Dedication~
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
~Book II.~
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
~Book III.~
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
~Book IV.~
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
Old New York: False Dawn.
~Part I.~
I.
II.
III.
~Part II.~
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Old New York: The Old Maid.
~Part I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
~Part II.~
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
Old New York: The Spark.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Old New York: New Year’s Day.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
The Mother’s Recompense.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
~Book II.~
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
~Book III.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
Twilight Sleep.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
~Book II.~
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
~Book III~
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
The Children.
~Dedication~
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
~Book II.~
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
~Book III.~
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
~Book IV.~
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
Hudson River Bracketed.
~Dedication~
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
~Book II.~
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
Book III.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
Book IV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
~Book V.~
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
~Book VI.~
XXXII.
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
Book VII.
XLI.
XLII.
XLIII.
XLIV.
XLV.
XLVI.
The Gods Arrive.
~Dedication~
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
~Book II.~
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
~Book III.~
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
~Book IV.~
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
XXXIII.
~Book V.~
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
XLI.
The Buccaneers.
~Book I.~
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
~Book II.~
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
~Book III.~
XIX.
XX.
XXI.
XXII.
XXIII.
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
STORIES.
The Greater Inclination.
The Muse’s Tragedy.
~I~
~II~
~III~
A Journey.
The Pelican.
Souls Belated.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
A Coward.
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Twilight of the God.
~I~
~II~
A Cup of Cold Water.
~I~
~II~
The Portrait.
~I~
~II~
Crucial Instances.
The Duchess at Prayer.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Angel at the Grave.
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Recovery.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
“Copy”
The Rembrandt.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Moving Finger.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Confessional.
~I~
~II~
The Descent of Man, and other stories.
Dedication
The Descent of Man.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Mission of Jane.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Other Two.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Quicksand.
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Dilettante.
The Reckoning.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Expiation.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Lady’s Maid’s Be~ll~
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
A Venetian Night’s Entertainment.
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Letter.
~I~
~II~
The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and other stories.
The Hermit and the Wild Woman.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Last Asset.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
In Trust.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Pretext.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Verdict.
The Pot-Boiler.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Best Man.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
Tales of Men and Ghosts.
The Bolted Door.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
His Father’s Son.
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Daunt Diana.
~I~
~II~
The Debt.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Full Circle.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Legend.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Eyes.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Blond Beast.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
Afterward.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Letters.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
Xingu, and other Stories.
Xingu.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Coming Home.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
Autres Temps …
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
Kerfo~l~
~I~
~II~
~III~
The Long Run.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Triumph of Night.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
The Choice.
~I~
~II~
Bunner Sisters.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
~VIII~
~IX~
~X~
~XI~
~XII~
~XIII~
Here and Beyond.
Miss Mary Pask.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Young Gentlemen.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
Bewitched.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Seed of the Faith.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Temperate Zone.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
Velvet Ear-Pads.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
Certain People.
Dedication
Atrophy.
~I~
~II~
A Bottle of Perrier.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
After Holbein.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
Dieu d’Amour.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The Refugees.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
Mr. Jones.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VII~
~VIII~
Human Nature.
Dedication
Her Son.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
~VIII~
~IX~
~X~
~XI~
The Day of the Funeral.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
A Glimpse.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Joy in the House.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Diagnosis.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
The World Over.
Charm Incorporated.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
Pomegranate Seed.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
Permanent Wave.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
Confession.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
~VIII~
~IX~
Roman Fever.
~I~
~II~
The Looking-Glass.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
Duration.
~I~
~II~
~III~
Uncollected Stories.
Mrs. Manstey’s View.
The Fulness of Life.
~I~
~II~
The Lamp of Psyche.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
That Good May Come.
The Valley of Childish Things and Other Emblems.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
~VI~
~VII~
~VIII~
~IX~
~X~
April Showers.
Line of Least Resistance.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The House of the Dead Hand.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
The Introducers.
Part ~I~
~I~
~II~
~III~
Part ~II~
~IV~
Les Metteurs en Scène.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
Writing a War Story.
All Souls’.
~I~
~II~
~III~
~IV~
~V~
POEMS.
Artemis to Actæon, and Other Verse.
I.
~Artemis to Actæon.~
~Life. ~
~Vesalius in Zante. ~
~Margaret of Cortona. ~
~A Torchbearer. ~
II.
~The Mortal Lease. ~
~Experience. ~
~Grief. ~
~Chartres. ~
~Two Backgrounds. ~
~The Tomb of Ilaria Giunigi. ~
~The One Grief. ~
~The Eumenides. ~
III.
~Orpheus. ~
~An Autumn Sunset.~
~Moonrise over Tyringham.
~All Souls.~
~All Saints.~
~The Old Pole Star.~
~A Grave.~
~Non dolet!~
~A Hunting-Song.~
~Survival.~
~Uses. ~
~A Meeting.~
Uncollected Poems.
~The Parting Day.~
~Aeropagus. ~
~Patience. ~
~A Failure. ~
~Wants. ~
~The Last Giustianini. ~
~Euryalus. ~
~Happiness. ~
~Botticelli’s Madonna in the Louvre. ~
~The Tomb of Ilaria Giunigi. ~
~The Sonnet. ~
~Experience. ~
~Chartres. ~
~Jade. ~
~Phaedra. ~
~The One Grief. ~
~Mould and Vase. ~
~Uses. ~
~The Bread of Angels. ~
~Moonrise over Tyringham. ~
~Ogrin the Hermit. ~
~The Comrade. ~
~Summer Afternoon (Bodiam Castle, Sussex). ~
~Pomegranate Seed. ~
~The Hymn of the Lusitania. ~
~The Great Blue Tent. ~
~Battle Sleep. ~
~On Active Service. ~
~You and You. ~
~With the Tide. ~
~Belgium. ~
~Terminus. ~
NON-FICTION.
The Decoration of Houses.
Books Consulted.
Introduction.
I. The Historical Tradition
II. Rooms in General
III. Walls
IV. Doors
V. Windows
VI. Fireplaces
VII. Ceilings and Floors
VIII. Entrance and Vestibule
IX. Hall and Stairs
X. The Drawing-Room, Boudoir, and Morning-Room
XI. Gala Rooms: Ball-Room, Saloon, Music-Room, Gallery
XII. The Library, Smoking-Room, and “Den”
XIII. The Dining-Room
XIV. Bedrooms
XV. The School-Room and Nurseries
XVI. Bric-à-Brac
Conclusion.
Italian Villas and Their Gardens.
Introduction Italian Garden Magic
I. Florentine Villas
II. Sienese Villas
III. Roman Villas
IV. Villas near Rome
V. Genoese Villas
VI. Lombard Villas
VII. Villas of Venetia
Italian Backgrounds.
I. An Alpine Posting-Inn
II. A Midsummer Week’s Dream
III. The Sanctuaries of the Pennine Alps
IV. What the Hermits Saw
V. A Tuscan Shrine
VI. Sub Umbra Liliorum
VII. March in Italy
VIII. Picturesque Milan
IX. Italian Backgrounds
A Motor-Flight through France.
~Part I~
I. Boulogne to Amiens
II. Beauvais and Rouen
III. From Rouen to Fontainebleau
IV. The Loire and the Indre
V. Nohant to Clermont
VI. In Auvergne
VII. Royat to Bourges
~Part II~
I. Paris to Poitiers
II. Poitiers to the Pyrénées
III. The Pyrénées to Provence
IV. The Rhône to the Seine
~Part III~
A Flight to the North-East
Fighting France from Dunkerque to Belport.
I. The Look of Paris.
II. In Argonne.
III. In Lorraine and the Vosges.
IV. In the North.
V. In Alsace.
VI. The Tone of France.
French Ways and Their Meaning.
Preface
I. First Impression
II. Reverence
III. Taste
IV. Intellectual Honesty
V. Continuity
VI. The New Frenchwoman
VII. In Conclusion
In Morocco.
Preface
Note
I. Rabat and Salé
~Leaving Tangier~
~ The Trail to El-Ksar~
~ El-Ksar to Rabat~
~ The Kasbah of the Oudayas~
~Robinson Crusoe’s “Sallee”~
~Chella and the Great Mosque~
II. Volubilis, Moulay Idriss and Meknez
~Volubilis~
~Moulay Idriss~
~Meknez~
III. Fez
~The First Vision~
~Fez Eldjid~
~Fez Elbali~
~El Andalous and the Potters’ Field~
~Medersas, Bazaars and an Oasis~
~The Last Glimpse~
IV. Marrakech
~The Way There~
~The Bahia~
~The Bazaars~
~The Agdal~
~On the Roofs~
~The Saadian Tombs~
V. Harems and Ceremonies
~The Crowd in the Street~
~Aïd-El-Kebir~
~The Imperial Mirador~
~In Old Rabat~
~In Fez~
~In Marrakech~
VI. General Lyautey’s Work in Morocco
VII. A Sketch of Moroccan History
~Note~
~The Berbers~
~Phenicians, Romans and Vandals~
~The Arab Conquest~
~Almoravids and Almohads~
~The Merinids~
~The Saadians~
~The Hassanians~
~Note on Moroccan Architecture~
IX. Books Consulted
The Writing of Fiction.
~Book I.~ In General
I.
II.
III.
IV.
~Book II.~ Telling a Short Story
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
~Book III.~ Constructing a Novel
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
~Book IV.~ Character and Situation in the Novel
I.
II.
III.
IV.
~Book V.~ Marcel Proust
I.
II.
III.
IV.
A Backward Glance.
A First Word.
I. The Background
II. Knee-High
III. Little Girl
IV. Unreluctant Feet
V. Friendships and Travels
VI. Life and Letters
VII. New York and the Mount
VIII. Henry James
IX. The Secret Garden
X. London, “Qu’Acre” and “Lame”
XI. Paris
XII. Widening Waters
XIII. The War
XIV. And After