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All in a garden fair : the simple story of three boys and a girl

Walter Besant · 1885 · Scanned text

179,880 words · about 12 h 36 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Walter Besant
Language
English
Published
1885
Length
179,880 words · about 12 h 36 min
Sections
40 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Public domain · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (40)
  1. Front matter about 8 min
  2. Part I.— THE MAKING OF A MAN under 1 min
  3. Part II.— THE WORK OF THE MAN under 1 min
  4. Part III.— THE REWARD OF THE MAAT. I. a woman's REASONS .219 under 1 min
  5. Introduction about 32 min
  6. Chapter II. Tee Forest Of Iiainattlt about 16 min
  7. Chapter III. What There Is Outside about 14 min
  8. Chapter Iv- A New Shame about 26 min
  9. Chapter VI. The Tyranny Of The Thought about 16 min
  10. Chapter VII. Samson And Delilah about 15 min
  11. Chapter VIII. In The Chambee about 14 min
  12. Chapter IX. Poet Unto Poet about 12 min
  13. Chapter X. The Teaching Op Art about 33 min
  14. Chapter XII. The Great Conspiracy about 6 min
  15. Chapter XIII. Theee Proposals about 15 min
  16. Chapter Xiv- The Banquet about 33 min
  17. Chapter I. The Emancipation Of Hector about 30 min
  18. Chapter II. Wuat Money Can Do about 12 min
  19. Chapter III. The Dawn Op Greatness about 39 min
  20. Chapter V A New World about 24 min
  21. Chapter VI. A First Step about 18 min
  22. Chapter VII. Gertrude Holt about 20 min
  23. Chapter VIII. At Shanghai about 14 min
  24. Chapter IX. A Cup Of Tea about 19 min
  25. Chapter X about 14 min
  26. Chapter XI. A Dazzling Success about 22 min
  27. Chapter XII. The Power Op Sympathy about 7 min
  28. Chapter XIII. Tell Me What about 5 min
  29. Chapter Xiv- It Is This about 13 min
  30. CHAPTER I. A woman's reasons about 22 min
  31. Chapter II. His First Book about 16 min
  32. Chapter III. Olinthus about 12 min
  33. Chapter IV about 20 min
  34. Chapter V. From Will about 11 min
  35. Chapter VI. With Allen about 23 min
  36. Chapter VII about 19 min
  37. Chapter VIII about 17 min
  38. Chapter IX. The Opinions Of A Chinamax about 14 min
  39. Chapter X about 30 min
  40. Chapter XII. The Prize Of The Golden Apple about 1 h 34 min

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Front matter

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Part I.— THE MAKING OF A MAN

I. THE VILLAGE GREEN S

II. THE FOREST OF HAINAULT 16

III. WHAT THERE IS OUTSIDE 23

IV. A NEW SHAME ■ • 29

V. THE CONFESSIONS OF A PHILOSOPHER

VI. THE TYRANNY OF THE THOUGHT 41

VII. SAMSON AND DELILAH 49

VIII. IN THE CHAMBER 55

IS. POET UNTO POET 62

X. THE TEACHING OF ART . . . . . . . . gg

XI. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ....... 73

XII. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY 83

XIII. THREE PROPOSALS ........ 8g

XIV. THE BANQUET 93

xv. btver's LEGACY . 103

Part II.— THE WORK OF THE MAN

I. THE EMANCIPATION OF HECTOR 109

II. WHAT MONEY CAN DO 122

III. THE DAWN OF GREATNESS 128

IV. THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS 140

V. A NEW WORLD 146 vi CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

VI. A FIRST STEP , . . . 157

VII. GERTRUDE HOLT 166

VIII. AT SHANGHAI . 175

IX. A CUP OF TEA 181

X. A SECOND STEP ... 190

XI. A DAZZLING SUCCESS . . 196

XII. THE POWER OF SYMPATHY . . . . . . . 206

XIII. TELL ME WHAT ......... 210

Part III.— THE REWARD OF THE MAAT. I. a woman's REASONS .219

II. HIS FIRST BOOK ......... 229

III. OLINTHUS 236

IV. FOR ALLEN'S SAKE . . . . . . . . . 241

VII. A SECOND VICTOR HUGO ....... 26G

VIII. WILL'S RETURN . . . . . . . " . . 274

IX. THE OPINIONS OF A CHINAMAN 282

X. JOHN STEPHENS • . . 289

XI. A GLORIOUS FAILURE , . 295

XII. THE PRIZE OF THE GOLDEN APPLE 302

ALL IN A GARDEN FAIR.

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