The House of Egremont

About this eBook

Author

Seawell, Molly Elliot, 1860-1916

Title

The House of Egremont : a novel

Original Publication

United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.

Credits

D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Exiles -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71284

Release Date

July 28, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.The House of Egremont
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER I IN WHICH ROGER EGREMONT MAKES HIS BOW TO THE WORLD
8. 8.CHAPTER II ROGER EGREMONT MAKES INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH TWO PERSONS, WHO EXERCISE GREAT BUT WIDELY DIFFERING INFLUENCES UPON HIS LIFE,—TO WIT, THE DEVIL AND MISS BESS LUKENS.
9. 9.CHAPTER III ONCE MORE AT EGREMONT
10. 10.CHAPTER IV SHOWING HOW ROGER EGREMONT FALLS INTO GOOD COMPANY
11. 11.CHAPTER V THE EASTER TUESDAY MASQUERADE ON THE TERRACE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
12. 12.CHAPTER VI “YOUR LOVER IS EVER IN A BAD WAY WHEN THE OTHER WOMAN APPEARS.”
13. 13.CHAPTER VII IN WHICH ROGER EGREMONT MEETS WITH BOTH GOOD AND ILL FORTUNE
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII WHEREIN THE PRINCESS MICHELLE IS PUT IN THE WAY OF SECURING THE DESTINY OF WHICH SHE HAS LONG DREAMED
15. 15.CHAPTER IX “I WISH YOU TO COME WITH ME”
16. 16.CHAPTER X HO! FOR ORLAMUNDE
17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE JOURNEY, AND SOME CONFIDENCES MADE BY ROGER EGREMONT TO THE PRINCESS MICHELLE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII “YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TO THE GATE OF PARADISE AND HAVE SHOWN ME THE GLORY OF THE BEAUTY WITHIN—AND THEN HAVE THRUST ME AWAY!”
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII THE PALACE OF MONPLAISIR—THE ABODE OF THE MOST HIGH, MOST MIGHTY, AND MOST PUISSANT PRINCE OF ORLAMUNDE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV ROGER EGREMONT HAS A LITTLE ADVENTURE IN A GARDEN AT NEERWINDEN AND BECOMES A MAJOR IN THE FINEST BRIGADE IN THE WORLD.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV IN WHICH AN EGREMONT HAS THE HAPPINESS OF RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE LAND—AND WHAT BEFELL HIM THERE
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI ONCE MORE IN THE SALOON OF THE SWANS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII IN WHICH CAPTAIN ROGER EGREMONT ACTS AS COACHMAN, AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE DUKE OF BERWICK AS FOOTMAN
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII ROGER EGREMONT HAS HIS LAST FIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX IF A MAN GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS, HE CAN DO NO MORE
26. 26.CHAPTER XX “HUGO STEIN IS MY ENEMY, AND I AM HIS, AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE”
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI WHEREIN IS SET FORTH THE CONCLUSION OF A MAN WHO ALWAYS FEARED GOD AND ALWAYS TOOK HIS OWN PART
28. 28.Untitled
29. 29.Untitled
30. 30.Untitled

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