Diana of the Crossways

About this eBook

Author

Meredith, George, 1828-1909

Title

Diana of the Crossways — Complete

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Scandals -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4470

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4470

Release Date

November 5, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS
2. 2.By George Meredith — 1897
3. 3.CHAPTER I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINE
4. 4.CHAPTER II. AN IRISH BALL.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH, AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO
7. 7.CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. THE COUPLE
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. THE CRISIS
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER — 'You see, you are my crutch,' Lady Dunstane said to him,—raising the stick in reminder of the present.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION WITHOUT HURT TO EITHER
12. 12.CHAPTER X. THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT — Her brain was a steam-wheel throughout the night; everything that could be thought of was tossed, nothing grasped.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT ON THE ROAD
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. 'THE PRINCESS EGERIA'
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE AUTHORESS
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT — The fatal time to come for her was in the Summer of that year.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. DIANA A NIGHT-WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH — He stepped into the room, and thrilled to hear the quiet voice beside the bed: 'Who is it?'
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. 'THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE'
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION
27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE TASK FOR DIANA
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY
32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND AN AFTERTASTE
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. A CHAPTER CONTAINING GREAT POLITICAL NEWS AND THEREWITH AN INTRUSION OF THE LOVE-GOD — Dacier was pacing about the drawing-room, as in a place too narrow for him.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. WHEREIN WE BEHOLD A GIDDY TURN AT THE SPECTRAL CROSSWAYS — Danvers accompanied Mr. Dacier to the house-door. Climbing the stairs, she found her mistress in the drawing-room still.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. EXHIBITS THE SPRINGING OF A MINE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. IN WHICH IT IS DARKLY SEEN HOW THE CRIMINAL'S JUDGE MAY BE LOVE'S CRIMINAL.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. REVEALS HOW THE TRUE HEROINE OF ROMANCE COMES FINALLY TO HER, TIME OF TRIUMPH
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN ANTI-CLIMAX
42. 42.CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE WHIMSICAL — Gradually the enthusiasm of the booth and bystanders converted the flying of a leather ball into a subject of honourable excitement.
43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA
44. 44.CHAPTER XLII. THE PENULTIMATE: SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO HARNESS
45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII. NUPTIAL CHAPTER; AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO BLOOM WITH THE NUPTIAL SENTIMENT

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