The House of the White Shadows

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Author

Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold), 1833-1903

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Produced by Charles Bowen, from page images provided by Google Books (Harvard University)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Lawyers -- Fiction

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Text

eBook-No.

42973

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42973

Release Date

June 18, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HOUSE OF THE WHITE SHADOWS — By
2. 2.B. L. FARJEON — R. F. FENNO & COMPANY PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK: 1904
3. 3.BENJAMIN LEOPOLD FARJEON
4. 4.CONTENTS. — Book I.--The Trial of Gautran. — Book II.--The Confession. — Book III.--The Grave of Honour. — Book IV.--The Battle with Conscience. — Book V.--The Doom Of Gautran. — Book VI.--A Record Of The Past. — Book VII.--Retribution. — THE HOUSE OF WHITE SHADOWS. — BOOK I.--THE TRIAL OF GAUTRAN .
5. 5.CHAPTER I — ONLY A FLOWER-GIRL.
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADVOCATE
7. 7.CHAPTER III — THE ADVOCATE'S WIFE INSISTS UPON HAVING HER WAY
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — JACOB HARTRICH, THE BANKER, GIVES HIS REASONS FOR BELIEVING GAUTRAN THE WOODMAN GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF MADELINE
9. 9.CHAPTER V — FRITZ THE FOOL
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — MISTRESS AND MAID
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — A VISIT FROM PIERRE LAMONT--DREAMS OF LOVE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — THE INTERVIEW IN THE PRISON
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE ADVOCATE UNDERTAKES A STRANGE TASK.
14. 14.CHAPTER X — TWO LETTERS--FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND, FROM LOVER TO LOVER — I — II
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — FIRE AND SNOW--FOOL FRITZ INFORMS PIERRE LAMONT WHERE ACTUAL LOVE COMMENCES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE STRUGGLE OF LOVE AND DUTY — * * * * * * — * * * * * *
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — THE TRIAL OF GAUTRAN
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE EVIDENCE OF WITNESSES
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — THE WIDOW JOSEPH GIVES EVIDENCE RESPECTING A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROSECUTION
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — THE ADVOCATES DEFENCE--THE VERDICT — BOOK II.--THE CONFESSION.
22. 22.CHAPTER I — A LETTER FROM JOHN VANBRUGH
23. 23.CHAPTER II — A STARTLING INTERRUPTION
24. 24.CHAPTER III — IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
25. 25.CHAPTER IV — THE CONFESSION — * * * * * * — BOOK III.--THE GRAVE OF HONOUR.
26. 26.CHAPTER I — PREPARATIONS FOR A VISITOR
27. 27.CHAPTER II — A LOVE STORY OF THE PAST
28. 28.CHAPTER III — A MOTHER'S TREACHERY
29. 29.CHAPTER IV — HUSBAND AND WIFE
30. 30.CHAPTER V — THE GATHERING OF THE STORM
31. 31.CHAPTER VI — THE GRAVE OF HONOUR
32. 32.CHAPTER VII — HUSBAND AND WIFE
33. 33.CHAPTER VIII — THE COMPACT
34. 34.CHAPTER IX — MOTHER DENISE HAS STRANGE FANCIES IN THE NIGHT
35. 35.CHAPTER X — CHRISTIAN ALMER'S CHILD-LIFE
36. 36.CHAPTER XI — BEATRICE ALMER GIVES A PROMISE TO HER SON
37. 37.CHAPTER XII — THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE
38. 38.CHAPTER XIII — THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIAN ALMER — BOOK IV.--THE BATTLE WITH CONSCIENCE
39. 39.CHAPTER I — LAWYER AND PRIEST
40. 40.CHAPTER II — THE WHITE SHADOW
41. 41.CHAPTER III — THE WATCH ON THE HILL
42. 42.CHAPTER IV — THE SILENT VOICE
43. 43.CHAPTER V — GAUTRAN FINDS A REFUGE
44. 44.CHAPTER VI — PIERRE LAMONT READS LOVE-VERSES TO FRITZ THE FOOL
45. 45.CHAPTER VII — MISTRESS AND MAID
46. 46.CHAPTER VIII — IN THE HOME OF HIS CHILDHOOD — * * * * — * * * * * * — * * * *
47. 47.CHAPTER IX — CHRISTIAN ALMER RECEIVES TWO VISITORS
48. 48.CHAPTER X — A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE WEB
49. 49.CHAPTER XI — A CRISIS
50. 50.CHAPTER XII — SELF-JUSTIFICATION
51. 51.CHAPTER XIII — SHADOWS
52. 52.CHAPTER XIV — THE ADVOCATE FEARS HE HAS CREATED A MONSTER
53. 53.CHAPTER XV — GAUTRAN AND THE ADVOCATE
54. 54.CHAPTER XVI — PIERRE LAMONT SEEKS THE HOSPITALITY OF THE HOUSE OF WHITE SHADOWS.
55. 55.CHAPTER XVII — FRITZ THE FOOL RELATES A STRANGE DREAM TO PIERRE LAMONT — BOOK V.--THE DOOM OF GAUTRAN .
56. 56.CHAPTER I — ADELAIDE STRIVES TO PROPITIATE PIERRE LAMONT
57. 57.CHAPTER II — GAUTRAN SEEKS JOHN VANBRUGH
58. 58.CHAPTER III — GAUTRAN RESOLVES ON A PLAN OF ESCAPE
59. 59.CHAPTER IV — HEAVEN'S JUDGMENT
60. 60.CHAPTER V — FATHER CAPEL DISCOVERS GAUTRAN IN HIS PERIL
61. 61.CHAPTER VI — THE WRITTEN CONFESSION — BOOK VI.--A RECORD OF THE PAST
62. 62.CHAPTER I — THE DISCOVERY OF THE MANUSCRIPT
63. 63.CHAPTER II — CHRISTIAN ALMER'S FATHER
64. 64.CHAPTER III — A DISHONOURABLE CONCEALMENT
65. 65.CHAPTER IV — M. GABRIEL IS DISMISSED
66. 66.CHAPTER V — THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT
67. 67.CHAPTER VI — THE HIDDEN CRIME
68. 68.CHAPTER VII — FALSE WIFE, FALSE FRIEND — BOOK VII.--RETRIBUTION
69. 69.CHAPTER I — JOHN VANBRUGH AND THE ADVOCATE
70. 70.CHAPTER II — A TERRIBLE REVELATION
71. 71.CHAPTER III — PAULINE
72. 72.CHAPTER IV — ONWARD--TO DEATH
73. 73.CHAPTER V — THE DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF WHITE SHADOWS — THE END

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