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Lucas Malet
Adrian Savage
A Novel
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664589750
Table of Contents
I CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING
CHAPTER I IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE HERO OF THIS BOOK
CHAPTER II WHEREIN A VERY MODERN YOUNG MAN TELLS A TIME-HONORED TALE WITH BUT SMALL ENCOURAGEMENT
CHAPTER IV CLIMBING THE LADDER
CHAPTER V PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER VI SOME CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES
CHAPTER VII IN WHICH ADRIAN HELPS TO THROW EARTH INTO AN OPEN GRAVE
CHAPTER VIII A MODERN ANTIGONE
CHAPTER II THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
CHAPTER III A STRAINING OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER IV IN WHICH ADRIAN SETS FORTH IN PURSUIT OF THE FURTHER REASON
CHAPTER V WITH DEBORAH, UNDER AN OAK IN THE PARC MONCEAU
CHAPTER VI RECORDING THE VIGIL OF A SCARLET HOMUNCULUS AND ARISTIDES THE JUST
CHAPTER I RECORDING A BRAVE MAN'S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE HIS PRIVATE GARDEN
CHAPTER II A STRATEGIC MOVEMENT WHICH SECURES VICTORY WHILE SIMULATING RETREAT
CHAPTER III IN WHICH EUTERPE IS CALLED UPON TO PLAY THE PART OF INTERPRETER
CHAPTER IV SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SYMRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF SOME INHABITANTS OF THE TOWER HOUSE IS SENSIBLY INCREASED
CHAPTER VI WHICH PLAYS SEESAW BETWEEN A GAME OF LAWN-TENNIS AND A PRODIGAL SON
CHAPTER VII PISTOLS OR POLITENESS—FOR TWO
CHAPTER I RE-ENTER A WAYFARING GOSSIP
CHAPTER II IN THE TRACK OF THE BRAIN-STORM
CHAPTER III IN WHICH THE STORM BREAKS
CHAPTER I SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE's LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER II RECORDING A SISTERLY EFFORT TO LET IN LIGHT
CHAPTER III IN WHICH JOANNA EMBRACES A PHANTOM BLISS
CHAPTER IV "COME UNTO THESE YELLOW SANDS"
CHAPTER V IN WHICH ADRIAN MAKES DISQUIETING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE LONG ARM OF COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER VI CONCERNING A CURSE, AND THE MANNER OF ITS GOING HOME TO ROOST
CHAPTER VII SOME PASSAGES FROM JOANNA SMYRTHWAITE'S LOCKED BOOK
CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH A STRONG MAN ADOPTS A VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CLEARING HIS OWN PATH OF THORNS
CHAPTER IX WHEREIN ADRIAN SAVAGE SUCCEEDS IN AWAKENING LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT
I
CONCERNING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING
ADRIAN SAVAGE
CHAPTER I
IN WHICH THE READER IS INVITED TO MAKE THE