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In the Heart of a Fool

In the Heart of a Fool

by William Allen White

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Author
White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Credits
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
30627
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30627
Release Date
December 8, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.IN THE HEART OF A FOOL
  2. 2.CHAPTER I BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS
  3. 3.4 CHAPTER II IN WHICH WE INTRODUCE THE FOOL AND HIS LADY FAIR AND WHAT HE SAID IN HIS HEART–THE SAME BEING THE THEME AND THESIS OF THIS STORY
  4. 4.21 CHAPTER III IN WHICH WE CONSIDER THE LADIES–GOD BLESS ’EM!
  5. 5.38 CHAPTER IV THE ADAMS FAMILY BIBLE LIES LIKE A GENTLEMAN
  6. 6.47 CHAPTER V IN WHICH MARGARET MÜLLER DWELLS IN MARBLE HALLS AND HENRY FENN AND KENYON ADAMS WIN NOTABLE VICTORIES
  7. 7.63 CHAPTER VI ENTER THE BEAUTY AND CHIVALRY OF HARVEY; ALSO HEREIN WE BREAK OUR FIRST HEART
  8. 8.69 CHAPTER VII IN WHICH WE SEE HOW LIFE TRANSLATES ITSELF INTO THE MATERIALISM AROUND IT
  9. 9.80 CHAPTER VIII CAPTAIN MORTON ACTS AS COURT HERALD AND MORTY SANDS AND GRANT ADAMS HEAR SAD NEWS
  10. 10.89 CHAPTER IX WHEREIN HENRY FENN MAKES AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
  11. 11.98 CHAPTER X IN WHICH MARY ADAMS TAKES A MUCH NEEDED REST
  12. 12.103 CHAPTER XI HERE OUR FOOL GROPES FOR A SPIRIT AND CAN FIND ONLY DUST
  13. 13.114 CHAPTER XII IN WHICH WE LEARN THAT LOVE IS THE LEVER THAT MOVES THE WORLD
  14. 14.126 CHAPTER XIII IN WHICH WE OBSERVE THE INTERIOR OF A DESERTED HOUSE
  15. 15.135 CHAPTER XIV IN WHICH OUR HERO STROLLS OUT WITH THE DEVIL TO LOOK AT THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
  16. 16.152 CHAPTER XV WHEREIN WE WELCOME IN A NEW YEAR AND CONSIDER A SERIOUS QUESTION
  17. 17.163 CHAPTER XVI GRANT ADAMS IS SOLD INTO BONDAGE AND MARGARET FENN RECEIVES A SHOCK
  18. 18.180 CHAPTER XVII A CHAPTER WHICH INTRODUCES SOME POSSIBLE GODS
  19. 19.187 CHAPTER XVIII OUR HERO RIDES TO HOUNDS WITH THE PRIMROSE HUNT
  20. 20.200 CHAPTER XIX HEREIN CAPTAIN MORTON FALLS UNDER SUSPICION AND HENRY FENN FALLS FROM GRACE
  21. 21.209 CHAPTER XX IN WHICH HENRY FENN FALLS FROM GRACE AND RISES AGAIN
  22. 22.219 CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH WE SEE A FAT LITTLE RASCAL ON THE RACK
  23. 23.232 CHAPTER XXII IN WHICH TOM VAN DORN BECOMES A WAYFARING MAN ALSO
  24. 24.241 CHAPTER XXIII HERE GRANT ADAMS DISCOVERS HIS INSIDES
  25. 25.252 CHAPTER XXIV IN WHICH THE DEVIL FORMALLY TAKES THE TWO HINDERMOST AND CLOSES AN ACCOUNT IN HIS LEDGER
  26. 26.264 CHAPTER XXV IN WHICH WE SEE TWO TEMPLES AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF
  27. 27.277 CHAPTER XXVI DR. NESBIT STARTS ON A LONG UPWARD BUT DEVIOUS JOURNEY
  28. 28.288 CHAPTER XXVII IN WHICH WE SEE SOMETHING COME INTO THIS STORY OUTSIDE OF THE MATERIAL WORLD
  29. 29.298 CHAPTER XXVIII WHEREIN MORTY SANDS MAKES A FEW SENSIBLE REMARKS IN PUBLIC
  30. 30.309 CHAPTER XXIX BEING NOT A CHAPTER BUT AN INTERLUDE
  31. 31.320 CHAPTER XXX GRANT ADAMS PREACHING A MESSAGE OF LOVE RAISES THE VERY DEVIL IN HARVEY
  32. 32.337 CHAPTER XXXI IN WHICH JUDGE VAN DORN MAKES HIS BRAGS AND DR. NESBIT SEES A VISION
  33. 33.350 CHAPTER XXXII WHEREIN VIOLET HOGAN TAKES UP AN OLD TRADE AND MARGARET VAN DORN SEEKS A HIGHER PLANE
  34. 34.365 CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH THE ANGELS SHAKE A FOOT FOR HENRY FENN
  35. 35.379 CHAPTER XXXIV A SHORT CHAPTER, YET IN IT WE EXAMINE ONE CANVAS HEAVEN, ONE REAL HEAVEN, AND TWO SNUG LITTLE HELLS
  36. 36.388 CHAPTER XXXV THE ODD SPIDER BEGINS TO DIVIDE HIS FLIES WITH OTHERS AND GEORGE BROTHERTON IS PUZZLED TWICE IN ONE NIGHT
  37. 37.403 CHAPTER XXXVI A LONG CHAPTER BUT A BUSY ONE, IN WHICH KENYON ADAMS AND HIS MOTHER HAVE A STRANGE MEETING, AND LILA VAN DORN TAKES A NIGHT RIDE
  38. 38.423 CHAPTER XXXVII IN WHICH WE WITNESS A CEREMONY IN THE TEMPLE OF LOVE
  39. 39.431 CHAPTER XXXVIII GRANT ADAMS VISITS THE SONS OF ESAU
  40. 40.441 CHAPTER XXXIX BEING NO CHAPTER AT ALL BUT AN INTERMEZZO BEFORE THE LAST MOVEMENT
  41. 41.444 CHAPTER XL HERE WE HAVE THE FELLOW AND THE GIRL BEGINNING TO PREPARE FOR THE LAST CHAPTER
  42. 42.454 CHAPTER XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL
  43. 43.468 CHAPTER XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF “THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY”
  44. 44.496 CHAPTER XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON’S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS
  45. 45.515 CHAPTER XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM
  46. 46.527 CHAPTER XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY
  47. 47.543 CHAPTER XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND
  48. 48.561 CHAPTER XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS. NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW
  49. 49.575 CHAPTER XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK
  50. 50.582 CHAPTER XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET
  51. 51.597 CHAPTER L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR
  52. 52.609 CHAPTER LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
  53. 53.613 CHAPTER LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q E D OR A HIC FABULA DOCET

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