Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

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Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 · 53 chapters

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• Chapter I. CONFESSION, OR THE BLIND HEARTSample
• Chapter II. BOY PASSIONS—A PROFESSION CHOSEN
• Chapter III. ADMITTED AMONG THE LAWYERS
• Chapter IV. “SHE STILL SOOTHED THE MOCK OF OTHERS.”
• Chapter V. DEBUT
• Chapter VI. DENIAL AND DEFEAT
• Chapter VII. TEMPTATION
• Chapter VIII. LOVE FINDS NO SMOOTH WATER IN THE SEA OF LAW
• Chapter IX. DUELLO
• Chapter X. HEAD WINDS
• Chapter XI. CRISIS
• Chapter XII. “GONE TO BE MARRIED.”
• Chapter XIII. BAFFLED FURY
• Chapter XIV. ONE DEBT PAID
• Chapter XV. HONEYMOON PERIOD
• Chapter XVI. THE HAPPY SEASON
• Chapter XVII. THE EVIL PRINCIPLE
• Chapter XVIII. PRESENTIMENTS
• Chapter XIX. DISTRUST
• Chapter XX. PROGRESS OF THE EVIL SPIRIT
• Chapter XXI. CHANGES OF HOME
• Chapter XXII. SELF-HUMILIATION
• Chapter XXIII. PROGRESS OF PASSION
• Chapter XXIV. A GROUP
• Chapter XXV. THE OLD GOOSE FINDS A YOUNG GANDER
• Chapter XXXVI. THE HEART-FIEND FINDS AN ECHO FROM THE FIEND WITHOUT
• Chapter XXVII. KINGSLEY
• Chapter XXVIII. MORALS OF ENTERPRISE
• Chapter XXIX. THE HELL
• Chapter XXX. FALSE LUCK
• Chapter XXXI. HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED
• Chapter XXXII. SUDDEN LESSON AND NEW SUSPICIONS
• Chapter XXXIII. STILL THE CLOUD
• Chapter XXXIV. A FATHER'S GRIEFS
• Chapter XXXV. APPLICATION OF “THE QUESTION.”
• Chapter XXXVI. MEDITATED EXILE
• Chapter XXXVII. “AND STILL THE BITTER IN THE CUP OF JOY.”
• Chapter XXXVIII. RENEWED AGONIES
• Chapter XXXIX. THE NEW HOME
• Chapter XL. THE BLACK DOG ONCE MORE UPON THE SCENE
• Chapter XLI. TRIAL—THE WOMAN GROWS STRONG
• Chapter XLII. CROSS PURPOSES
• Chapter XLIII. ACCIDENT AND MORE AGONIES
• Chapter XLIV. THE DAMNING LETTER
• Chapter XLV. VERGE OF THE PRECIPICE
• Chapter XLVI. THE UNBRIDLED MADNESS
• Chapter XLVII. FATAL SILENCE
• Chapter XLVIII. TOO LATE!
• Chapter XLIX. SUICIDE
• Chapter L. CONFESSION OF EDGERTON
• Chapter LI. DOUBTS—SUMMONS
• Chapter LII. DEATH
• Chapter LIII. REVELATION—THE LETTER OF JULIA