The Wheel of Life

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Author

Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945

Credits

E-text prepared by Rick Niles, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

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Text

eBook-No.

14696

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14696

Release Date

January 15, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Wheel of Life — By
2. 2.ELLEN GLASGOW — 1906
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PART I — IMPULSE
5. 5.CHAPTER I — IN WHICH THE ROMANTIC HERO IS CONSPICUOUS BY HIS ABSENCE
6. 6.CHAPTER II — TREATS OF AN ECCENTRIC FAMILY
7. 7.CHAPTER III — APOLOGISES FOR AN OLD-FASHIONED ATMOSPHERE
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — USHERS IN THE MODERN SPIRIT
9. 9.CHAPTER V — IN WHICH A YOUNG MAN DREAMS DREAMS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — SHOWS THAT MR. WORLDLY-WISE-MAN MAY BELONG TO EITHER SEX
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — PROVES THAT A POOR LOVER MAY MAKE AN EXCELLENT FRIEND
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — OF MASQUES AND MUMMERIES
14. 14.CHAPTER X — SHOWS THE HERO TO BE LACKING IN HEROIC QUALITIES
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — IN WHICH A LIE IS THE BETTER PART OF TRUTH
16. 16.PART II — ILLUSION
17. 17.CHAPTER I — OF PLEASURE AS THE CHIEF END OF MAN
18. 18.CHAPTER II — AN ADVANCE AND A RETREAT
19. 19.CHAPTER III — THE MOTH AND THE FLAME
20. 20.CHAPTER IV — TREATS OF THE ATTRACTION OF OPPOSITES
21. 21.CHAPTER V — SHOWS THE DANGERS AS WELL AS THE PLEASURES OF THE CHASE
22. 22.CHAPTER VI — THE FINER VISION
23. 23.CHAPTER VII — IN WHICH FAILURE IS CROWNED BY FAILURE
24. 24.CHAPTER VIII — "THE SMALL OLD PATH"
25. 25.CHAPTER IX — THE TRIUMPH OF THE EGO
26. 26.CHAPTER X — IN WHICH ADAMS COMES INTO HIS INHERITANCE
27. 27.CHAPTER XI — ON THE WINGS OF LIFE
28. 28.PART III — DISENCHANTMENT
29. 29.CHAPTER I — A DISCONSOLATE LOVER AND A PAIR OF BLUE EYES
30. 30.CHAPTER II — THE DEIFICATION OF CLAY
31. 31.CHAPTER III — THE GREATEST OF THESE
32. 32.CHAPTER IV — ADAMS WATCHES IN THE NIGHT AND SEES THE DAWN
33. 33.CHAPTER V — TREATS OF THE POVERTY OF RICHES
34. 34.CHAPTER VI — THE FEET OF THE GOD
35. 35.CHAPTER VII — IN WHICH KEMPER IS PUZZLED
36. 36.CHAPTER VIII — SHOWS THAT LOVE WITHOUT WISDOM IS FOLLY
37. 37.CHAPTER IX — OF THE FEAR IN LOVE
38. 38.CHAPTER X — THE END OF THE PATH
39. 39.PART IV — RECONCILIATION
40. 40.CHAPTER I — THE SECRET CHAMBERS
41. 41.CHAPTER II — IN WHICH LAURA ENTERS THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
42. 42.CHAPTER III — PROVES A GREAT CITY TO BE A GREAT SOLITUDE
43. 43.CHAPTER IV — SHOWS THAT TRUE LOVE IS TRUE SERVICE
44. 44.CHAPTER V — BETWEEN LAURA AND GERTY
45. 45.CHAPTER VI — RENEWAL

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