A Day's Ride

About this eBook

Author

Lever, Charles, 1806-1872

Title

A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32692

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32692

Release Date

June 4, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A DAY'S RIDE
2. 2.A LIFE'S ROMANCE
3. 3.By Charles James Lever. — With Illustrations By W. Cubitt Cooke. — BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1904. — A DAY'S RIDE:
4. 4.A LIFE'S ROMANCE.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. I PREPARE TO SEEK ADVENTURES
6. 6.CHAPTER II. BLONDEL AND I SET OUT
7. 7.CHAPTER III. TRUTH NOT ALWAYS IN WINE
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. PLEASANT REFLECTIONS ON AWAKING.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE ROSARY AT INISTIOGE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. MY SELF-EXAMINATION.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. FATHER DYKE'S LETTER.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. IMAGINATION STIMULATED BY BRANDY AND WATER.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. HIS INTEREST IN A LADY FELLOW-TRAVELLER.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE PERILS OF MY JOURNEY TO OSTEND.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE DUCHY OF HESSE-KALBBRATONSTADT
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. I CALL AT THE BRITISH LEGATION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. SHAMEFUL NEGLECT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. I LECTURE THE AMBASSADOR'S SISTER
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. UNPLEASANT TURN TO AN AGREEABLE CONVERSE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. MRS. KEATS MOVES MY INDIGNATION
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. AN IMPATIENT SUMMONS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. MRS. KEATS'S MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. HOW I PLAY THE PRINCE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. INCIDENTS OF THE SECOND DAY'S JOURNEY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. JEALOUSY UNSUPPORTED BY COURAGE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. MY CANDOR AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHER.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. I MAINTAIN A DIGNIFIED RESERVE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. VATERCHEN AND TINTEFLECK
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. I ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW SOCIAL PREJUDICES
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. ON FOOT AND IN LOW COMPANY
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. VATERCHEN'S NARRATIVE. — I give the old man's story, as nearly as I can, the way he told it
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. A GENIUS FOR CARICATURE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. I RELIEVE MYSELF OF MY PURSE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. MY ELOQUENCE BEFORE THE CONSTANCE MAGISTRATES.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. A SUMPTUOUS DINNER AND AN EMPTY POCKET
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. HART CROFTON'S COMMISSION
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. FURTHER INTERCOURSE WITH HARPAR
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. MY EXPLOSION AT THE TABLE D'HÔTE
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DUEL WITH PRINCE MAX.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. ON THE EDGE OF A TORRENT
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. I AM DRAGGED AS A PRISONER TO FELDKIRCH
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. THE ACT OF ACCUSATION
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. A GLIMPSE OF AN OLD FRIEND
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. I AM CONFINED IN THE AMBRAS SCHLOSS
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. A VISIT FROM THE HON. GREY BULLER
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. MY CANDID AVOWAL TO KATE HERBERT
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. CAPTAIN ROGERS STANDS MY FRIEND
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. MY DUELLING AMBITION AGAIN DISAPPOINTED
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. FINAL ADVENTURES AND SETTLEMENT

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