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Richard Marsh. The Magnetic Girl
The Magnetic Girl
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A MAN
CHAPTER II. WOMEN’S VOICES
CHAPTER III. THE UNFINISHED SENTENCE
CHAPTER IV. THE EPISODE OF THE BAKER’S BOY
CHAPTER V. THE FURTHER EPISODES OF THE SHOP-WALKER AND THE ARTIST IN HAIR
CHAPTER VI. MISS NORAH FEELS ODD
CHAPTER VII. MISS NORAH RECEIVES TWO GENTLEMEN
CHAPTER VIII. MEN ARE DECEIVERS EVER
CHAPTER IX. MORE TREACHERY
CHAPTER X. THE COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XI. THE TURNING OF THE WORM
CHAPTER XII. MISS NORAH’S SOLILOQUY
CHAPTER XIII. JANE
CHAPTER XIV. A QUARTER TO SEVEN
CHAPTER XV. TRAMPLING UPON FIVE
CHAPTER XVI. THE DINNER WHICH FAILED
CHAPTER XVII. THE BROWN MAN
CHAPTER XVIII. BEFORE THE CURTAIN
CHAPTER XIX. AN UNREHEARSED EFFECT
CHAPTER XX. THE BROUGHAM
CHAPTER XXI. THE SINGULAR WOOING
CHAPTER XXII. I BEHAVE LIKE A GOOSE
CHAPTER XXIII “UNTIL?”
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FINISHED SENTENCE
CHAPTER XXV. THE BROWN MAN’S APOLOGY
CHAPTER XXVI. ON THE SINGULAR EFFECTS OF SUNLIGHT
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Richard Marsh
Published by Good Press, 2021
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What could people be expected to say of such an object as I saw before me in that looking-glass?
“Oh,” I cried, “if only for a short time I could have my time! If I could only make those girls feel what I have felt—the insolence of masculine imbeciles, the snubs of conceited boys, the contemptuous impertinence of their uncles and their fathers, even of their grandsires! If only I could treat some of those men as all of them have treated me I’d give—well, it’s no use my talking about giving anything, because I’ve just simply nothing to give; but wouldn’t I like to have the chance.”
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