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George Meredith. Evan Harrington — Complete
Evan Harrington — Complete
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. ABOVE BUTTONS
CHAPTER II. THE HERITAGE OF THE SON
CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTERS OF THE SHEARS
CHAPTER IV. ON BOARD THE JOCASTA
CHAPTER V. THE FAMILY AND THE FUNERAL
CHAPTER VI. MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER VII. MOTHER AND SON
CHAPTER VIII. INTRODUCES AN ECCENTRIC
CHAPTER IX. THE COUNTESS IN LOW SOCIETY
CHAPTER X. MY GENTLEMAN ON THE ROAD AGAIN
CHAPTER XI. DOINGS AT AN INN
CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH ALE IS SHOWN TO HAVE ONE QUALITY OF WINE
CHAPTER XIII. THE MATCH OF FALLOW FIELD AGAINST BECKLEY
CHAPTER XIV. THE COUNTESS DESCRIBES THE FIELD OF ACTION
CHAPTER XV. A CAPTURE
CHAPTER XVI. LEADS TO A SMALL SKIRMISH BETWEEN ROSE AND EVAN
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH EVAN WRITES HIMSELF TAILOR
CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH EVAN CALLS HIMSELF GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XIX. SECOND DESPATCH OF THE COUNTESS
CHAPTER XX. BREAK-NECK LEAP
CHAPTER XXI. TRIBULATIONS AND TACTICS OF THE COUNTESS
'You have murdered my brother, Rose Jocelyn!'
CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH THE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT MEL HAVE TO DIGEST HIM
CHAPTER XXIII. TREATS OF A HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER XXIV. THE COUNTESS MAKES HERSELF FELT
CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH THE STREAM FLOWS MUDDY AND CLEAR
CHAPTER XXVI. MRS. MEL MAKES A BED FOR HERSELF AND FAMILY
CHAPTER XXVII. EXHIBITS ROSE'S GENERALSHIP; EVAN'S PERFORMANCE ON THE
CHAPTER XXVIII. TOM COGGLESEY'S PROPOSITION
CHAPTER XXIX. PRELUDE TO AN ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XXX. THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART I
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BATTLE OF THE BULL-DOGS. PART II
CHAPTER XXXII. IN WHICH EVANS LIGHT BEGINS TO TWINKLE AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HERO TAKES HIS RANK IN THE ORCHESTRA
CHAPTER XXXIV. A PAGAN SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXXV. ROSE WOUNDED
CHAPTER XXXVI. BEFORE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE RETREAT FROM BECKLEY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH WE HAVE TO SEE IN THE DARK
So ends the fourth act of our comedy
CHAPTER XXXIX. IN THE DOMAIN OF TAILORDOM
CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH THE COUNTESS STILL SCENTS GAME
CHAPTER XLI. REVEALS AN ABOMINABLE PLOT OF THE BROTHERS COGGLESBY
CHAPTER XLII. JULIANA
CHAPTER XLIII. ROSE
CHAPTER XLIV. CONTAINS A WARNING TO ALL CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XLV. IN WHICH THE SHOP BECOMES THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION
CHAPTER XLVI. A LOVERS' PARTING
CHAPTER XLVII. A YEAR LATER
THE COUNTESS DE SALDAR DE SANCORVO TO HER SISTER CAROLINE
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George Meredith
Published by Good Press, 2019
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It was a remarkable thing that these ladies thought no man on earth like their father, and always cited him as the example of a perfect gentleman, and yet they buried him with one mind, and each mounted guard over his sepulchre, to secure his ghost from an airing.
'He can walk, my dears, certainly, and talk—a little. Tete-a-tete, I do not say. I should think there he would be—a stick! All you English are. But what sort of a bow has he got, I ask you? How does he enter a room? And, then his smile! his laugh! He laughs like a horse—absolutely! There's no music in his smile. Oh! you should see a Portuguese nobleman smile. O mio Deus! honeyed, my dears! But Evan has it not. None of you English have. You go so.'
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