A Day’s Ride a Life’s Romance

A Day’s Ride a Life’s Romance

Charles Lever, irish novelist (1806-1872)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- I PREPARE TO SEEK ADVENTURES

-03- BLONDEL AND I SET OUT

-04- TRUTH NOT ALWAYS IN WINE

-05- PLEASANT REFLECTIONS ON AWAKING

-06- THE ROSARY AT INISTIOGE

-07- MY SELF-EXAMINATION

-08- FATHER DYKE'S LETTER

-09- IMAGINATION STIMULATED BY BRANDY AND WATER

-10- HIS INTEREST IN A LADY FELLOW-TRAVELLER

-11- THE PERILS OF MY JOURNEY TO OSTEND

-12- A JEALOUS HUSBAND

-13- THE DUCHY OF HESSE-KALBBRATONSTADT

-14- I CALL AT THE BRITISH LEGATION

-15- SHAMEFUL NEGLECT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT

-16- I LECTURE THE AMBASSADOR'S SISTER

-17- UNPLEASANT TURN TO AN AGREEABLE CONVERSE

-18- MRS. KEATS MOVES MY INDIGNATION

-19- AN IMPATIENT SUMMONS

-20- MRS. KEATS'S MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION

-21- THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED

-22- HOW I PLAY THE PRINCE

-23- INCIDENTS OF THE SECOND DAY'S JOURNEY

-24- JEALOUSY UNSUPPORTED BY COURAGE

-25- MY CANDOR AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHER

-26- I MAINTAIN A DIGNIFIED RESERVE

-27- VATERCHEN AND TINTEFLECK

-28- I ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW SOCIAL PREJUDICES

-29- RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT

-30- ON FOOT AND IN LOW COMPANY

-31- VATERCHEN'S NARRATIVE

-32- A GENIUS FOR CARICATURE

-33- I RELIEVE MYSELF OF MY PURSE

-34- MY ELOQUENCE BEFORE THE CONSTANCE MAGISTRATES

-35- A SUMPTUOUS DINNER AND AN EMPTY POCKET

-36- HART CROFTON'S COMMISSION

-37- FURTHER INTERCOURSE WITH HARPAR

-38- MY EXPLOSION AT THE TABLE D'HÔTE

-39- THE DUEL WITH PRINCE MAX

-40- ON THE EDGE OF A TORRENT

-41- I AM DRAGGED AS A PRISONER TO FELDKIRCH

-42- THE ACT OF ACCUSATION

-43- A GLIMPSE OF AM OLD FRIEND

-44- I AM CONFINED IN THE AMBRAS SCHLOSS

-45- A VISIT FROM THE HON. GREY BULLER

-46- MY CANDID AVOWAL TO KATE HERBERT

-47- CAPTAIN ROGERS STANDS MY FRIEND

-48- MY DUELLING AMBITION AGAIN DISAPPOINTED

-49- FINAL ADVENTURES AND SETTLEMENT