A Modern Hercules
by Melvin G. Winstock
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About this eBook
- Author
- Winstock, Melvin G.
- Title
- "A Modern Hercules," the Tale of a Sculptress
- Credits
- Sonya Schermann, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- American fiction -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 65318
- Release Date
- May 11, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.“A MODERN HERCULES,”
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CHAPTER I. “THE NUDE IN ART.”
- 4.CHAPTER II. FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH.
- 5.CHAPTER III. PAUL BECOMES A THIEF.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT SENSATION.
- 7.CHAPTER V. SATAN REBUKING SIN.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. A LAWYER’S STUBBORNNESS.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. OUIDA WILL NOT BE INTERVIEWED.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. PAUL HEARS GOOD TIDINGS.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. DECIDED BY LOT.
- 12.CHAPTER X. A LOVERS’ QUARREL.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. A PREACHER’S PASSION.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. OUIDA PROPOSES MARRIAGE.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. A RICH MAN’S BALL.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. AN ANGRY FATHER.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. THE LOVERS CLASH.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. PAUL COMPLETES A STORY.
- 19.CHAPTER XVII. AN UNCANNY WEDDING.
- 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE WEDDING IN THE CHURCH.
- 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
- 22.CHAPTER XX. THE METROPOLIS FROWNS.
- 23.CHAPTER XXI. DOANE’S EXQUISITE VENGEANCE.
- 24.CHAPTER XXII. OUIDA’S WELCOME VISITORS.
- 25.CHAPTER XXIII. LAWYER SALMON MEETS DEFEAT.
- 26.CHAPTER XXIV. SALE OF “THE MODERN HERCULES.”
- 27.CHAPTER XXV. THE BEGINNING OF REDEMPTION.
- 28.CHAPTER XXVI. DOANE TOASTS DISEASE.
- 29.CHAPTER XXVII. THE CURSE FALLS.
- 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LAWYER SURRENDERS.
- 31.CHAPTER XXIX. PAUL FOLLOWS CHRIST.—THE END.
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