Lucretia

Lucretia

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, english novelist, poet, playwright, and politician (1803-1873)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1853

-03- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

-04- PART THE FIRST. LUCRETIA

-05- PROLOGUE TO PART THE FIRST

-06- CHAPTER I. A FAMILY GROUP

-07- CHAPTER II. LUCRETIA

-08- CHAPTER III. CONFERENCES

-09- CHAPTER IV. GUY'S OAK

-10- CHAPTER V. HOUSEHOLD TREASON

-11- CHAPTER VI. THE WILL

-12- CHAPTER VII. THE ENGAGEMENT

-13- CHAPTER VIII. THE DISCOVERY

-14- CHAPTER IX. A SOUL WITHOUT HOPE

-15- CHAPTER X. THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON

-16- PART THE SECOND. LUCRETIA

-17- PROLOGUE TO PART THE SECOND

-18- CHAPTER I. THE CORONATION

-19- CHAPTER II. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

-20- CHAPTER III. EARLY TRAINING FOR AN UPRIGHT GENTLEMAN

-21- CHAPTER IV. JOHN ARDWORTH

-22- CHAPTER V. THE WEAVERS AND THE WOOF

-23- CHAPTER VI. THE LAWYER AND THE BODY-SNATCHER

-24- CHAPTER VII. THE RAPE OF THE MATTRESS

-25- CHAPTER VIII. PERCIVAL VISITS LUCRETIA

-26- CHAPTER IX. THE ROSE BENEATH THE UPAS

-27- CHAPTER X. THE RATTLE OF THE SNAKE

-28- CHAPTER XI. LOVE AND INNOCENCE

-29- CHAPTER XII. SUDDEN CELEBRITY AND PATIENT HOPE

-30- CHAPTER XIII. THE LOSS OF THE CROSSING

-31- CHAPTER XIV. NEWS FROM GRABMAN

-32- CHAPTER XV. VARIETIES

-33- CHAPTER XVI. THE INVITATION TO LAUGHTON

-34- CHAPTER XVII. THE WAKING OF THE SERPENT

-35- CHAPTER XVIII. RETROSPECT

-36- CHAPTER XIX. MR. GRABMAN'S ADVENTURES

-37- CHAPTER XX. MORE OF MRS. JOPLIN

-38- CHAPTER XXI. BECK'S DISCOVERY

-39- CHAPTER XXII. THE TAPESTRY CHAMBER

-40- CHAPTER XXIII. THE SHADES ON THE DIAL

-41- CHAPTER XXIV. MURDER, TOWARDS HIS DESIGN, MOVES LIKE A GHOST

-42- CHAPTER XXV. THE MESSENGER SPEEDS

-43- CHAPTER XXVI. THE SPY FLIES

-44- CHAPTER XXVII. LUCRETIA REGAINS HER SON

-45- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LOTS VANISH WITHIN THE URN