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Ravenshoe

by Henry Kingsley

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Author
Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876
Credits
E-text prepared by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Category
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eBook-No.
41636
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41636
Release Date
December 16, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RAVENSHOE — RAVENSHOE BY HENRY KINGSLEY — NEW EDITION—THIRD THOUSAND — WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY R. CATON WOODVILLE
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.RAVENSHOE.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF RAVENSHOE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE FOREGOING.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — IN WHICH OUR HERO'S TROUBLES BEGIN.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — FATHER MACKWORTH.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — RANFORD.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE "WARREN HASTINGS."
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — IN WHICH CHARLES AND LORD WELTER DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AT THE UNIVERSITY.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — JOHN MARSTON.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — ADELAIDE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — LADY ASCOT'S LITTLE NAP.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — GIVES US AN INSIGHT INTO CHARLES'S DOMESTIC RELATIONS, AND SHOWS HOW THE GREAT CONSPIRATOR SOLILOQUISED TO THE GRAND CHANDELIER.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — CONTAINING A SONG BY CHARLES RAVENSHOE, AND ALSO FATHER TIERNAY'S OPINION ABOUT THE FAMILY.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE BLACK HARE.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — LORD SALTIRE'S VISIT, AND SOME OF HIS OPINIONS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — CHARLES'S "LIDDELL AND SCOTT."
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — MARSTON'S ARRIVAL.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — IN WHICH THERE IS ANOTHER SHIPWRECK.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — MARSTON'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — ELLEN'S FLIGHT.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — RANFORD AGAIN.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — CLOTHO, LACHESIS, AND ATROPOS.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — THE LAST GLIMPSE OF OXFORD.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. [2] — THE LAST GLIMPSE OF THE OLD WORLD.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE NEW WORLD.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — FATHER MACKWORTH BRINGS LORD SALTIRE TO BAY, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE GRAND CRASH.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE COUP DE GRACE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — FLIGHT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — CHARLES'S RETREAT UPON LONDON.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — MR. SLOANE.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — LIEUTENANT HORNBY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — SOME OF THE HUMOURS OF A LONDON MEWS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — A GLIMPSE OF SOME OLD FRIENDS.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — IN WHICH FRESH MISCHIEF IS BREWED.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — IN WHICH AN ENTIRELY NEW, AND, AS WILL BE SEEN HEREAFTER, A MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IS INTRODUCED.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE DERBY.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — LORD WELTER'S MÉNAGE.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE HOUSE FULL OF GHOSTS.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — CHARLES'S EXPLANATION WITH LORD WELTER.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — A DINNER PARTY AMONG SOME OLD FRIENDS.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — CHARLES'S SECOND EXPEDITION TO ST. JOHN'S WOOD.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. — RAVENSHOE HALL, DURING ALL THIS.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. — THE MEETING.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. — ANOTHER MEETING.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. — HALF A MILLION.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. — TO LUNCH WITH LORD ASCOT.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. — LADY HAINAULT'S BLOTTING-BOOK.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. — IN WHICH CUTHBERT BEGINS TO SEE THINGS IN A NEW LIGHT.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. — THE SECOND COLUMN OF "THE TIMES" OF THIS DATE, WITH OTHER MATTERS.
  54. 54.CHAPTER L. — SHREDS AND PATCHES.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LI. — IN WHICH CHARLES COMES TO LIFE AGAIN.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LII. — WHAT LORD SALTIRE AND FATHER MACKWORTH SAID WHEN THEY LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIII. — CAPTAIN ARCHER TURNS UP.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIV. — CHARLES MEETS HORNBY AT LAST
  59. 59.CHAPTER LV. — ARCHER'S PROPOSAL.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVI. — SCUTARI.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVII. — WHAT CHARLES DID WITH HIS LAST EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII. — THE NORTH SIDE OF GROSVENOR SQUARE.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LIX. — LORD ASCOT'S CROWNING ACT OF FOLLY.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LX. — THE BRIDGE AT LAST.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LXI. — SAVED.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXII. — MR. JACKSON'S BIG TROUT.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXIII. — IN WHICH GUS CUTS FLORA'S DOLL'S CORNS.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXIV. — THE ALLIED ARMIES ADVANCE ON RAVENSHOE.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXV. — FATHER MACKWORTH PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCH ON HIS GREAT PIECE OF EMBROIDERY.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXVI. — GUS AND FLORA ARE NAUGHTY IN CHURCH, AND THE WHOLE BUSINESS COMES TO AN END. — FOOTNOTES:

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