Diana of the Crossways — Complete

Meredith, George, 1828-1909

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Meredith, George, 1828-1909 · 43 chapters

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• Chapter I. OF DIARIES AND DIARISTS TOUCHING THE HEROINESample
• Chapter II. AN IRISH BALL
• Chapter III. THE INTERIOR OF MR. REDWORTH, AND THE EXTERIOR OF MR. SULLIVAN SMITH
• Chapter IV. CONTAINING HINTS OF DIANA'S EXPERIENCES AND OF WHAT THEY LED TO
• Chapter V. CONCERNING THE SCRUPULOUS GENTLEMAN WHO CAME TOO LATE
• Chapter VI. THE COUPLE
• Chapter VII. THE CRISIS
• Chapter VIII. IN WHICH IS EXHIBITED HOW A PRACTICAL MAN AND A DIVINING WOMAN LEARN TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER
• Chapter IX. SHOWS HOW A POSITION OF DELICACY FOR A LADY AND GENTLEMAN WAS MET IN SIMPLE FASHION WITHOUT HURT TO EITHER
• Chapter X. THE CONFLICT OF THE NIGHT
• Chapter XI. RECOUNTS THE JOURNEY IN A CHARIOT, WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIALOGUE, AND A SMALL INCIDENT ON THE ROAD
• Chapter XII. BETWEEN EMMA AND DIANA
• Chapter XIII. TOUCHING THE FIRST DAYS OF HER PROBATION
• Chapter XIV. GIVING GLIMPSES OF DIANA UNDER HER CLOUD BEFORE THE WORLD AND OF HER FURTHER APPRENTICESHIP
• Chapter XV. INTRODUCES THE HON. PERCY DACIER
• Chapter XVI. TREATS OF A MIDNIGHT BELL, AND OF A SCENE OF EARLY MORNING
• Chapter XVII. 'THE PRINCESS EGERIA'
• Chapter XVIII. THE AUTHORESS
• Chapter XIX. A DRIVE IN SUNLIGHT AND A DRIVE IN MOONLIGHT
• Chapter XX. DIANA A NIGHT-WATCH IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH
• Chapter XXI. 'THE YOUNG MINISTER OF STATE'
• Chapter XXII. BETWEEN DIANA AND DACIER: THE WIND EAST OVER BLEAK LAND
• Chapter XXIII. RECORDS A VISIT TO DIANA FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GOOD WOMEN
• Chapter XXIV. INDICATES A SOUL PREPARED FOR DESPERATION
• Chapter XXV. ONCE MORE THE CROSSWAYS AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS
• Chapter XXVI. IN WHICH A DISAPPOINTED LOVER RECEIVES A MULTITUDE OF LESSONS
• Chapter XXVII. CONTAINS MATTER FOR SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION
• Chapter XXVIII. DIALOGUE ROUND THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT, WITH SOME INDICATIONS OF THE TASK FOR DIANA
• Chapter XXIX. SHOWS THE APPROACHES OF THE POLITICAL AND THE DOMESTIC CRISIS IN COMPANY
• Chapter XXX. IN WHICH THERE IS A TASTE OF A LITTLE DINNER AND an AFTERTASTE
• Chapter XXXI. A CHAPTER CONTAINING GREAT POLITICAL NEWS AND THEREWITH AN INTRUSION OF THE LOVE-GOD
• Chapter XXXII. WHEREIN WE BEHOLD A GIDDY TURN AT THE SPECTRAL CROSSWAYS
• Chapter XXXIII. EXHIBITS THE SPRINGING OF A MINE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
• Chapter XXXIV. IN WHICH IT IS DARKLY SEEN HOW THE CRIMINAL'S JUDGE MAY BE LOVE'S CRIMINAL
• Chapter XXXV. REVEALS HOW THE TRUE HEROINE OF ROMANCE COMES FINALLY TO HER, TIME OF TRIUMPH
• Chapter XXXVI. IS CONCLUSIVE AS TO THE HEARTLESSNESS OF WOMEN WITH BRAINS
• Chapter XXXVII. AN EXHIBITION OF SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE STRICKEN LADY
• Chapter XXXVIII. CONVALESCENCE OF A HEALTHY MIND DISTRAUGHT
• Chapter XXXIX. OF NATURE WITH ONE OF HER CULTIVATED DAUGHTERS AND A SHORT EXCURSION IN ANTI-CLIMAX
• Chapter XL. IN WHICH WE SEE NATURE MAKING OF A WOMAN A MAID AGAIN, AND A THRICE WHIMSICAL
• Chapter XLI. CONTAINS A REVELATION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE TIGRESS IN DIANA
• Chapter XLII. THE PENULTIMATE: SHOWING A FINAL STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY AND RUN INTO HARNESS
• Chapter XLIII. NUPTIAL CHAPTER; AND OF HOW A BARELY WILLING WOMAN WAS LED TO BLOOM WITH THE NUPTIAL SENTIMENT