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Mór Jókai. Timar's Two Worlds
Timar's Two Worlds
Table of Contents
BOOK FIRST.—THE "ST. BARBARA."
CHAPTER I. THE IRON GATE
CHAPTER II. THE WHITE CAT
CHAPTER III. A DANGEROUS LEAP WITH A MAMMOTH
CHAPTER IV. A STRICT SEARCH
CHAPTER V. THE OWNERLESS ISLAND
CHAPTER VI. ALMIRA AND NARCISSA
CHAPTER VII. THE VOICES OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF THE ISLANDERS
CHAPTER IX. ALI TSCHORBADSCHI
CHAPTER X. THE LIVING STATUE
CHAPTER XI. A BURIAL AT SEA
CHAPTER XII. AN EXCELLENT JOKE
CHAPTER XIII. THE FATE OF THE "ST. BARBARA."
CHAPTER XIV. THE GUARDIAN
BOOK SECOND.—TIMÉA
CHAPTER I. GOOD ADVICE
CHAPTER II. THE RED CRESCENT
CHAPTER III. THE GOLD MINE
CHAPTER IV. MICHAEL TIMAR, BARON VON LEVETINCZY
CHAPTER V. A GIRL'S HEART
CHAPTER VI. ANOTHER JEST
CHAPTER VII. THE WEDDING-DRESS
CHAPTER VIII. TIMÉA
BOOK THIRD.—THE OWNERLESS ISLAND
CHAPTER I. THE MARRIAGE OF THE MARBLE STATUE
CHAPTER II. THE GUARDIAN DEVIL
CHAPTER III. SPRING MEADOWS
CHAPTER IV. A SPIDER AMONG THE ROSES
CHAPTER V. OUT OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER VI. THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
CHAPTER VII. SWEET HOME
BOOK FOURTH.—NOÉMI
CHAPTER I. A NEW GUEST
CHAPTER II. THE WOOD-CARVER
CHAPTER III. MELANCHOLY
CHAPTER IV. THERESE
BOOK FIFTH.—ATHALIE
CHAPTER I. THE BROKEN SWORD
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST LOSS
CHAPTER III. THE ICE
CHAPTER IV. THE PHANTOM
CHAPTER V. WHAT HAS THE MOON TO TELL?
CHAPTER VI. WHO COMES?
CHAPTER VII. THE CORPSE
CHAPTER VIII. DODI'S LETTER
CHAPTER IX "YOU STUPID CREATURE!"
CHAPTER X. ATHALIE
CHAPTER XI. THE LAST STAB
CHAPTER XII. THE PENITENT IN "MARIA-NOSTRA."
CHAPTER XIII. NOBODY
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Mór Jókai
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Below the island is the great whirlpool.
It is one of the most remarkable eddies ever formed by the river giants—on every map it is marked by two arrows meeting in a corner. Woe to the boat which is swept in the direction of either arrow! Round the great funnel the water boils and rages as in a seething caldron, and in the middle of the circle yawns the bare abyss below. This whirlpool has worn a hole in the rock a hundred and twenty feet deep, and what it takes with it into this tomb, no one ever sees again: if it should be a man, he had better look out for the resurrection. And into this place the current carried the mill. Before it reached there it sprung a leak and got a list over; the axle of the wheel stood straight on end; the white cat ran along to the highest point and stood there humping its back; the eddy caught the wooden fabric, carried it round in wide circles four or five times, turning on its own axis, creaking and groaning, and then it disappeared under the water. With it the white cat.
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