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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow. The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life
Table of Contents
PART I
IMPULSE
CHAPTER I
IN WHICH THE ROMANTIC HERO IS CONSPICUOUS BY HIS ABSENCE
CHAPTER II
TREATS OF AN ECCENTRIC FAMILY
CHAPTER III
APOLOGISES FOR AN OLD-FASHIONED ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER IV
USHERS IN THE MODERN SPIRIT
CHAPTER V
IN WHICH A YOUNG MAN DREAMS DREAMS
CHAPTER VI
SHOWS THAT MR. WORLDLY-WISE-MAN MAY BELONG TO EITHER SEX
CHAPTER VII
THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
CHAPTER VIII
PROVES THAT A POOR LOVER MAY MAKE AN EXCELLENT FRIEND
CHAPTER IX
OF MASQUES AND MUMMERIES
CHAPTER X
SHOWS THE HERO TO BE LACKING IN HEROIC QUALITIES
CHAPTER XI
IN WHICH A LIE IS THE BETTER PART OF TRUTH
PART II
ILLUSION
CHAPTER I
OF PLEASURE AS THE CHIEF END OF MAN
CHAPTER II
AN ADVANCE AND A RETREAT
CHAPTER III
THE MOTH AND THE FLAME
CHAPTER IV
TREATS OF THE ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES
CHAPTER V
SHOWS THE DANGERS AS WELL AS THE PLEASURES OF THE CHASE
CHAPTER VI
THE FINER VISION
CHAPTER VII
IN WHICH FAILURE IS CROWNED BY FAILURE
CHAPTER VIII
"THE SMALL OLD PATH"
CHAPTER IX
THE TRIUMPH OF THE EGO
CHAPTER X
IN WHICH ADAMS COMES INTO HIS INHERITANCE
CHAPTER XI
ON THE WINGS OF LIFE
PART III
DISENCHANTMENT
CHAPTER I
A DISCONSOLATE LOVER AND A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
CHAPTER II
THE DEIFICATION OF CLAY
CHAPTER III
THE GREATEST OF THESE
CHAPTER IV
ADAMS WATCHES IN THE NIGHT AND SEES THE DAWN
CHAPTER V
TREATS OF THE POVERTY OF RICHES
CHAPTER VI
THE FEET OF THE GOD
CHAPTER VII
IN WHICH KEMPER IS PUZZLED
CHAPTER VIII
SHOWS THAT LOVE WITHOUT WISDOM IS FOLLY
CHAPTER IX
OF THE FEAR IN LOVE
CHAPTER X
THE END OF THE PATH
PART IV
RECONCILIATION
CHAPTER I
THE SECRET CHAMBERS
CHAPTER II
IN WHICH LAURA ENTERS THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
CHAPTER III
PROVES A GREAT CITY TO BE A GREAT SOLITUDE
CHAPTER IV
SHOWS THAT TRUE LOVE IS TRUE SERVICE
CHAPTER V
BETWEEN LAURA AND GERTY
CHAPTER VI
RENEWAL
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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Angela did not stop in her nervous walk, but when she reached the end of the long room she made a quick, feverish gesture, raising her hands to push back her beautiful loosened hair. "I will do anything you wish, Laura, except see their husbands."
"I've ceased to urge that, Aunt Angela, but your own sisters—"
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