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Mór Jókai. The Green Book; Or, Freedom Under the Snow
The Green Book; Or, Freedom Under the Snow
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. SNOW ROSES
CHAPTER II. MIST SHADOWS
CHAPTER III. COMME LE MONDE S'AMUSE
CHAPTER IV. NO RIVAL
CHAPTER V. PLAN OF WAR AGAINST A WOMAN
CHAPTER VI. OLD AGE
CHAPTER VII. THE EIGHT-IN-HAND
CHAPTER VIII. AN ORGY OVER A VOLCANO
CHAPTER IX. THE BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH AND THE GREEN BOOK
CHAPTER X. FROM SCENT OF MUSK TO REEKING TAR
CHAPTER XI. THE HUNTED STAG
CHAPTER XII. HOW A FORTRESS WAS TAKEN
CHAPTER XIII. A CANNIBAL
CHAPTER XIV. THE YOUNG HOPEFUL
CHAPTER XV. THE CZAR SMILES
CHAPTER XVI. SOPHIE
CHAPTER XVII. BETHSABA
CHAPTER XVIII. KORYNTHIA
CHAPTER XIX. THE MONSTER
CHAPTER XX. THE BLIND HEN'S GENUINE PEARL
CHAPTER XXI. THE MOST POWERFUL RULER OF THEM ALL
CHAPTER XXII. THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XXIII. THE STORY OF THE MAN WITH THE GREEN EYES
CHAPTER XXIV "THEN YOU ARE NOT—?"
CHAPTER XXV. GOG AND MAGOG
CHAPTER XXVI. UNDER THE PALMS
CHAPTER XXVII. PANACEA
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE WEDDING PRESENT
CHAPTER XXIX. MADAME POTIPHAR
CHAPTER XXX. A MOTHER'S BLESSING
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WILL
CHAPTER XXXII. NOT ONLY A BULLET STRIKES HOME
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RENDEZVOUS
CHAPTER XXXIV. A DIVIDED HEART
CHAPTER XXXV. SPARKS AND ASHES
CHAPTER XXXVI. DAIMONA
CHAPTER XXXVII. IT'S NOT THE KNIFE ALONE THAT STRIKES TO THE HEART
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE TRAGI-COMEDY AT GRUSINO
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE HERMIT
CHAPTER XL. DISCORDS
CHAPTER XLI. HOW TO ROB A MAN OF HIS WIFE
CHAPTER XLII. THE FEAST OF MASINKA
CHAPTER XLIII. UNDER THE COMETS
CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WITH THE GREEN EYES
CHAPTER XLV. THE HERALD
CHAPTER XLVI "BEATUS ILLE ..."
CHAPTER XLVII. THE TEMPTER
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE MOUSE PLAYS WITH THE CAT
CHAPTER XLIX. THE ANTIDOTE
CHAPTER L "DEREVASKI DALOI"
CHAPTER LI. THE NAMELESS WIFE OF A NAMELESS MAN
EPISODES
THE RESCUED POET
GHEDIMIN AND ZENEIDA
THE ROMANCE OF CONSTANTINE
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Mór Jókai
A Novel
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"I have already told you that the conspirators are marvellously clever in eluding detection. It is not their way to creep into obscure corners or subterranean caves; they rather hold their meetings in the midst of crowds and in public places. This is a wrinkle they have learned from the Poles, among whom the 'Philaretes' and 'Vendita' usually meet at their yearly fairs. Now the fast is at hand. For seven weeks every public amusement is forbidden, that the people may see that great folks do penance as well as themselves. High and low must attend the services of the Church. But no one asks what takes place o' nights behind closed doors. This is the harvest-time for secret meetings. The invited guests have no political proclivities; they have no wish to found constitutions; their sole idea is to enjoy a good dinner—'Anti-fasters' they call themselves. Surprised by the police, all that would be discovered would probably be a table spread with appetizing game or steaming roast-beef, and, maybe, a few guests the worse for liquor. The 'sinners' would, of course, be fined, but no one would be the wiser of what was taking place in the more private apartments. And here our prima donna has peculiar advantages. The stage, as you know, makes its own laws. Who in the world expects to find strict morality among actresses and ballet-dancers? The police wisely shut their eyes to much that goes on among them. He who is lucky enough to be an invited guest to one of Zeneida Ilmarine's exclusive Carême soirées will find all the frivolous beauties of the opera and ballet, all the jeunesse dorée of St. Petersburg, assembled, and will have no need to complain of either the lack of fiery eyes or fiery wines. Many a man has been singed by them. But if he be wise enough to keep his head in the midst of the tumult, he will observe a certain portion of the company disappear gradually and noiselessly from the reception-rooms."
"There may be other reasons for such disappearance."
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