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by Ellen Glasgow. 476 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Ellen Glasgow

Publisher:

   Doubleday Page & Company

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1906
Subjects:   Fiction
Table of contents
CONTENTS
PART I. Impulse
I. In Which the Romantic Hero is Conspicuous by His Absence 3
II. Treats of an Eccentric Family 20
III. Apologises for an Old-fashioned Atmosphere 34
IV. Ushers in the Modern Spirit 44
V. In Which a Young Man Dreams Dreams 56
VI. Shows That Mr. Worldly-Wise-Man May Belong to Either Sex 67
VII. The Irresistible Force 78
VIII. Proves That a Poor Lover May Make an Excellent Friend 93
IX. Of Masques and Mummeries 104
X. Shows the Hero to Be Lacking in Heroic Qualities 117
XI. In Which a Lie Is the Better Part of Truth 130
PART II. Illusion
I. Of Pleasure as the Chief End of Man 153
II. An Advance and a Retreat 179
III. The Moth and the Flame 190
IV. Treats of the Attraction of Opposites 207
V. Shows the Dangers as Well as the Pleasures of the Chase 218
VI. The Finer Vision 229
VII. In Which Failure Is Crowned By Failure 241
VIII. "The Small Old Path" 254
IX. The Triumph of the Ego 268
X. In Which Adams Comes Into His Inheritance 282
XI. On the Wings of Life 299
PART III. Disenchantment
I. A Disconsolate Lover and a Pair of Blue Eyes 311
II. The Deification of Clay 317
III. The Greatest of These 326
IV. Adams Watches in the Night and Sees the Dawn 334
V. Treats of the Poverty of Riches 347
VI. The Feet of the God 357
VII. In Which Kemper Is Puzzled 367
VIII. Shows That Love Without Wisdom Is Folly 379
IX. Of the Fear in Love 391
X. The End of the Path 401
PART IV. Reconciliation
I. The Secret Chambers 417
II. In Which Laura Enters the Valley of Humiliation 428
III. Proves a Great City to Be a Great Solitude 438
IV. Shows That True Love Is True Service 446
V. Between Laura and Gerty 457
VI. Renewal 463
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