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The Shadow of Ashlydyat

Wood, Henry, Mrs. · Public domain text

254,002 words · about 17 h 47 min to read

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Author
Wood, Henry, Mrs. (1814–1887)
Language
English
Subjects
England › Social life and customs › 19th century › Fiction
Length
254,002 words · about 17 h 47 min
Sections
59 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (59)
  1. Opening about 2 min
  2. I. THE MEET OF THE HOUNDS about 18 min
  3. II. LADY GODOLPHIN'S FOLLY about 20 min
  4. III. THE DARK PLAIN IN THE MOONLIGHT about 14 min
  5. IV. ALL SOULS' RECTORY about 19 min
  6. V. THOMAS GODOLPHIN'S LOVE about 17 min
  7. VI. CHARLOTTE PAIN about 9 min
  8. VII. BROOMHEAD about 15 min
  9. VIII. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS about 19 min
  10. IX. MR. SANDY'S "TRADE." about 12 min
  11. X. THE SHADOW about 17 min
  12. XI. A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH about 15 min
  13. XII. DEAD about 11 min
  14. XIII. UNAVAILING REGRETS about 14 min
  15. XIV. GONE ON BEFORE about 17 min
  16. XV. A MIDNIGHT WALK about 14 min
  17. XVI. THE LAST JOURNEY about 19 min
  18. XVII. A ROW ON THE WATER about 13 min
  19. XVIII. STRAW IN THE STREETS about 12 min
  20. XIX. ONE STICK DISCARDED about 27 min
  21. XX. A REVELATION TO ALL SOULS' RECTOR about 18 min
  22. XXI. CHARLOTTE'S BARGAIN about 22 min
  23. XXII. DANGEROUS AMUSEMENT about 21 min
  24. I. SIXTY POUNDS TO OLD JEKYL about 17 min
  25. II. WHY DID IT ANGER HIM? about 12 min
  26. III. CECIL'S ROMANCE about 15 min
  27. IV. CHARLOTTE PAIN'S "TURN-OUT." about 14 min
  28. V. A REVELATION about 23 min
  29. VI. MR. VERRALL'S CHAMBERS about 13 min
  30. VII. BEYOND RECALL about 19 min
  31. VIII. THE TRADITION OF THE DARK PLAIN about 19 min
  32. IX. THE DEAD ALIVE AGAIN about 26 min
  33. X. NINE THOUSAND AND FORTY-FIVE POUNDS about 7 min
  34. XI. THOSE BONDS AGAIN! about 9 min
  35. Chapter XII about 30 min
  36. XIII. A RED-LETTER DAY FOR MRS. BOND about 20 min
  37. XIV. ISAAC HASTINGS TURNS TO THINKING about 11 min
  38. XV. A NIGHTMARE FOR THE RECTOR OF ALL SOULS' about 14 min
  39. XVI. MR. LAYTON "LOOKED UP." about 26 min
  40. XVII. GONE! about 9 min
  41. XVIII. MURMURS; AND CURIOUS DOUBTS about 19 min
  42. XIX. BOBBING JOAN about 18 min
  43. XX. MRS. BOND'S VISIT about 10 min
  44. XXI. A DREAD FEAR about 31 min
  45. XXII. BEARING THE BRUNT about 32 min
  46. Chapter XXIII about 30 min
  47. XXIV. A VISIT TO LORD AVERIL about 26 min
  48. XXV. IN THE STREETS OF PRIOR'S ASH about 21 min
  49. XXVI. MY LADY WASHES HER HANDS about 13 min
  50. XXVII. A BROKEN IDOL about 26 min
  51. I. A MORNING CALL about 26 min
  52. II. NEARER AND NEARER about 8 min
  53. III. FOR THE LAST TIME about 33 min
  54. IV. GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS about 26 min
  55. V. COMMOTION AT ASHLYDYAT about 27 min
  56. VI. A CROWD OF MEMORIES about 28 min
  57. VII. AT REST about 18 min
  58. VIII. A SAD PARTING about 10 min
  59. IX. A SAFE VOYAGE TO HIM! about 18 min

The opening of I. THE MEET OF THE HOUNDS

It was a bright day in autumn: the scene one of those fair ones rarely witnessed except in England. The sun, warm and glowing, almost as that of a summer's day, shone on the stubble of the cornfields, whence the golden grain had recently been gathered; gilded the tops of the trees--so soon to pass into the "sere and yellow leaf;" illumined the blue hills in the distance, and brought out the nearer features of the landscape in all their light and shade. A fine landscape, comprising hill and dale, water and green pastures, woods and open plains. Amidst them rose the signs of busy life; mansions, cottages, hamlets, railways, and churches, whose steeples ascended high, pointing the way to a better Land.

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