A Woman's Burden

About this eBook

Author

Hume, Fergus, 1859-1932

Title

A Woman's Burden: A Novel

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Criminals -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35240

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35240

Release Date

February 11, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A Woman's Burden — A NOVEL
2. 2.BY FERGUS HUME — Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Expedition of Captain Flick," "The Mystery of Landy Court," "The Lone Inn," etc. — THIRD EDITION — LONDON — JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C. — [ All Rights Reserved ]
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PROLOGUE.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — A QUEER ADVENTURE.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT.
7. 7.PART I. — A WOMAN'S BURDEN.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — MRS. DACRE DARROW.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — A RED RAG TO A BULL.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — POVERTY HALL.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — MR. BARTON'S VISITOR.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — BEHIND THE SCENES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — MRS. DARROW'S BOMBSHELL.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — IN THE WOODS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — SHORTY.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — THE SHADOW.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — THE SQUIRE'S SECRET.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — UNMASKED.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — MIRIAM KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — MRS. DARROW BECOMES REFRACTORY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — A NINE DAYS' WONDER.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — A LITTLE FEMININE DIPLOMACY.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — A ROMAN FATHER.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE REWARD OF MIRIAM.
26. 26.PART II.
27. 27.CHAPTER I. — 5A, ROSARY MANSIONS.
28. 28.CHAPTER II. — JABEZ REDIVIVUS.
29. 29.CHAPTER III. — MRS. PARSLEY'S PROTÉGÉ.
30. 30.CHAPTER IV. — DICKY'S DISCOVERY.
31. 31.CHAPTER V. — JUST IN TIME.
32. 32.CHAPTER VI. — SOME MUTUAL COMPLIMENTS AND A CONFESSION.
33. 33.CHAPTER VII. — MRS. DARROW SYMPATHISES.
34. 34.CHAPTER VIII. — MRS. PARSLEY SEES A GHOST.
35. 35.CHAPTER IX. — MORE TROUBLE.
36. 36.CHAPTER X. — THE MAJOR'S POINT OF VIEW.
37. 37.CHAPTER XI. — IN THE DEPTHS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XII. — JABEZ SEEKS AN OLD FRIEND.
39. 39.CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF GERALD ARKEL.
40. 40.CHAPTER XIV. — A QUEER STORY QUEERLY TOLD.
41. 41.EPILOGUE.
42. 42.Selections from Jarrold & Sons' List. — JOCELYN ERROLL. — BY CURTIS YORKE, — Author of "That Little Girl," "A Romance of Modern London," "The Wild Ruthvens," etc., etc. — Fourth Edition. — A Famous Polish Novel. — ANIMA VILIS. — A TALE OF THE GREAT SIBERIAN STEPPE. — By MARYA RODZIEWICZ. — Translated from the Polish by Count S. C. de Soissons. — With a Fine Photogravure Portrait of the Author. — Second Edition. — CYRANO DE BERGERAC. — A fascinating and powerful romance of this interesting personality. — CAPTAIN SATAN: — ADVENTURES OF CYRANO DE BERGERAC. — From the French of LOUIS GALLET. — With special Photogravure Portrait of CYRANO DE BERGERAC. — Second Edition. — IN TIGHT PLACES. — BY MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, — Author of "Forbidden by Law," etc., etc. — Fourth Edition.
43. 43.Fergus Hume's Novels.
44. 44.THE "GREENBACK" SERIES OF POPULAR 3/6 NOVELS. — BY AUTHORS OF THE DAY.

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