The Egoist- A Comedy in Narrative

The Egoist- A Comedy in Narrative

George Meredith, english novelist and poet of the Victorian era (1828-1909)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PRELUDE

-03- A MINOR INCIDENT SHOWING AN HEREDITARY APTITUDE IN THE USE OF THE KNIFE

-04- THE YOUNG SIR WILLOUGHBY

-05- CONSTANTIA DURHAM

-06- LAETITIA DALE

-07- CLARA MIDDLETON

-08- HIS COURTSHIP

-09- THE BETROTHED

-10- A RUN WITH THE TRUANT - A WALK WITH THE MASTER

-11- CLARA AND LAETITIA MEET

-12- THE DOUBLE-BLOSSOM WILD CHERRY-TREE

-13- MISS MIDDLETON AND MR. VERNON WHITFORD

-14- THE FIRST EFFORT AFTER FREEDOM

-15- SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA

-16- THE PETITION FOR A RELEASE

-17- CLARA AND LAETITIA

-18- THE PORCELAIN VASE

-19- COLONEL DE CRAYE

-20- COLONEL DE CRAYE AND CLARA MIDDLETON

-21- AN AGED AND A GREAT WINE

-22- CLARA'S MEDITATIONS

-23- THE RIDE

-24- TREATS OF THE UNION OF TEMPER AND POLICY

-25- CONTAINS AN INSTANCE OF THE GENEROSITY OF WILLOUGHBY

-26- THE FLIGHT IN WILD WEATHER

-27- VERNON IN PURSUIT

-28- AT THE RAILWAY STATION

-29- THE RETURN

-30- IN WHICH THE SENSITIVENESS OF SIR WILLOUGHBY IS EXPLAINED

-31- TREATING OF THE DINNER-PARTY AT MRS. MOUNTSTUART JENKINSON'S

-32- SIR WILLOUGHBY ATTEMPTS AND ACHIEVES PATHOS

-33- LAETITIA DALE DISCOVERS A SPIRITUAL CHANGE AND DR MIDDLETON A PHYSICAL

-34- IN WHICH THE COMIC MUSE HAS AN EYE ON TWO GOOD SOULS

-35- MRS. MOUNTSTUART AND SIR WILLOUGHBY

-36- MISS MIDDLETON AND MRS. MOUNTSTUART

-37- ANIMATED CONVERSATION AT A LUNCHEON-TABLE

-38- CONTAINS CLEVER FENCING AND INTIMATIONS OF THE NEED FOR IT

-39- IN WHICH WE TAKE A STEP TO THE CENTRE OF EGOISM

-40- IN THE HEART OF THE EGOIST

-41- MIDNIGHT - SIR WILLOUGHBY AND LAETITIA

-42- THE REV. DR. MIDDLETON, CLARA, AND SIR WILLOUGHBY

-43- SHOWS THE DIVINING ARTS OF A PERCEPTIVE MIND

-44- SIR WILLOUGHBY IS LED TO THINK THAT THE ELEMENTS HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM

-45- DR MIDDLETON - THE LADIES ELEANOR AND ISABEL AND MR. DALE

-46- THE PATTERNE LADIES

-47- THE SCENE OF SIR WILLOUGHBY'S GENERALSHIP

-48- SIR WILLOUGHBY AND HIS FRIEND HORACE DE CRAYE

-49- THE LOVERS

-50- LAETITIA AND SIR WILLOUGHBY

-51- UPON WHICH THE CURTAIN FALLS