The Colossus

About this eBook

Author

Read, Opie Percival, 1852-1939

Title

The Colossus: A Novel

Credits

Produced by Kentuckiana Digital Library, David Garcia, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15073

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15073

Release Date

February 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COLOSSUS
2. 2.OPIE READ
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — ALL WAS DARKNESS.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — A STRANGE REQUEST.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — DISSECTING A MOTIVE.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — WAITING AT THE STATION.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — A MOTHER'S AFFECTION.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — THE INTERVIEWERS.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — ROMPED WITH THE GIRL.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — A DEMOCRACY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — BUTTING AGAINST A WALL.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — TOLD HIM HER STORY.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE INVESTMENT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — ARRESTED EVERYWHERE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — CRIED A SENSATION.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — TO GO ON A VISIT.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — IMPATIENTLY WAITING.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — TOLD IT ALL.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. — POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE VERDICT.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. — A DAY OF REST.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. — A MOTHER'S REQUEST.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. — A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. — A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. — TOLD HIM A STORY.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. — CONCLUSION.
39. 39.The Standard Library of Mystery

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