The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker

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John Strange Winter. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker

The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

REGINA BROWN

CHAPTER II

MRS. ALFRED WHITTAKER

CHAPTER III

YE DENE

CHAPTER IV

SKATING ON THIN ICE

CHAPTER V

THE S.R.W

CHAPTER VI

REGINA’S VIEWS

CHAPTER VII

“LITTLE PIGLETS OF ENGLISH”

CHAPTER VIII

CANDID OPINIONS

CHAPTER IX

THE GIRLS’ DOMAIN

CHAPTER X

A WEIGHTY BUSINESS

CHAPTER XI

AMBITIONS

CHAPTER XII

TWOPENNY DINNERS

CHAPTER XIII

DETAILS

CHAPTER XIV

DIAMOND EARRINGS

CHAPTER XV

A GOLDEN DAY

CHAPTER XVI

OTHER GODS

CHAPTER XVII

REGINA COMES TO A CONCLUSION

CHAPTER XVIII

THE FIRST LITTLE VANITIES

CHAPTER XIX

BROKEN-HEARTED MIRANDA

CHAPTER XX

FAMILY CRITICISM

CHAPTER XXI

DEAR DIEPPE

CHAPTER XXII

REGINA ON THE WARPATH

CHAPTER XXIII

THE DRESSING-ROOM

CHAPTER XXIV

RUMOR

CHAPTER XXV

POOR MOTHER

CHAPTER XXVI

THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH

CHAPTER XXVII

ROUND EVERYWHERE

CHAPTER XXVIII

A REJUVENATED REGINA

CHAPTER XXIX

WARY AND PATIENT

CHAPTER XXX

DADDY’S HEART

CHAPTER XXXI

REGINA SETS FOOT ON THE DOWN GRADE

CHAPTER XXXII

WISE JULIA

CHAPTER XXXIII

GRASP YOUR NETTLE

CHAPTER XXXIV

A TRENCHANT QUESTION

CHAPTER XXXV

THE END OF IT ALL

THE END

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John Strange Winter

A Novel

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“Why don’t you have a waistcoat of the same color—a front, you know—this part?” asked her friend, making a line from her throat to her belt buckle.

“There is a sameness about the idea,” said Regina, superbly. “I have always flattered myself, Mrs. Marston, that I am one of the few women who can bear to mix her colors. You remember the old story of the young man who asked Sir Joshua Reynolds what he mixed his colors with, and his reply—‘Brains, sir, brains.’ ”

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